university graduates

Freshly minted scholars

University graduates are people who have completed a degree program at a university.

The term emphasizes the credential: University graduates earn higher lifetime wages on average.

In American English, graduate alone often suffices; in British English, the full phrase or simply graduates is more common.

The term distinguishes from those who attended but didn't finish.

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completion status

university graduatesdropouts

People who leave early

expelled students · flunkouts · withdrawals

educational attainment level

university graduatesuneducated

Lacking formal instruction

illiterate · high school graduates · illiterates · autodidacts

stage in academic progression

university graduatesunderclassmen

First-year and second-year students

freshmen · first-year students · matriculants · undergraduates · sophomores

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