graduate school

noun

1. a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.

Word History and Origins

Origin of graduate school¹

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

“It’s not graduation. It’s how do we connect graduation to either a career that they’re studying or graduate school and help them get to that? That’s what families want, right? Return on investment.”

From Los Angeles Times

Alvaro finished college, went to graduate school and then landed a federal government job in the Washington D.C./Baltimore area.

From Salon

This continued during my time in graduate school in Washington, D.C. and later in New York, where my dinner parties became legendary events, with hundreds of guests in attendance.

From Salon

All of them are college-educated; most of them either grew up or have lived for some time in Southern California; and most have taken environmental studies classes, either as undergrads or in graduate school.

From Los Angeles Times

Most of my friends’ parents were engineers who had immigrated to the country during graduate school.

From Salon

Related Words

• university