undergraduate education

Bachelor's degree pursuit

Undergraduate education is the level of university study that leads to a bachelor's degree, typically spanning four years in the United States.

It follows secondary school and precedes graduate study.

The term distinguishes this foundational phase from more specialized master's or doctoral programs: She completed her undergraduate education at a state school before pursuing a PhD.

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academic level

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Formal learning beyond college

postgraduate education · graduate school · PhD program · professional school · medical school

educational stage

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Middle and high school

high school · K-12 education · primary education · elementary school · preschool

formality of learning

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Independent pursuit of knowledge

autodidacticism · on-the-job training · unschooling · apprenticeship · vocational training

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