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Education Vocabulary for U.S. Schools

Type
of School
Student is called...
Degree Earned

University
has undergraduate & graduate school

a graduate student

Graduate Degree
PhD
. = Doctor of Philosophy
M.A. = Master of Arts
M.S. = Master of Science

College
= 4-Year-College

an undergraduate student
=
a senior
a junior
a sophomore
a freshman

Bachelor's Degree
B.A.
= Bachelor of Arts
B.S. = Bachelor of Science

Junior College
= Community College
= 2-Year-College

a sophomore
a freshman

Associate's Degree
A.A.
= Associate of Arts
A.S. = Associate of Science

High School
A senior is in twelfth grade.
A junior is in eleventh grade.
A sophomore is in tenth grade.
A freshman is in ninth grade.

High School Diploma

Junior
High School
= Middle School

an eighth-grade student
a seventh-grade student

 
Elementary School
= Grammar School
= Primary School

a sixth-grade student / pupil
a fifth-grade student / pupil
a fourth-grade student / pupil
a third-grade student / pupil
a second-grade student / pupil
a first-grade student / pupil

 
Kindergarten
Pre-School
Nursery School
a kindergartner
a pre-schooler
 

 

 





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