Higher Education

Professional degree programs are graduate or doctoral-level courses of study that prepare students for specific licensed occupations such as law,

Graduate education refers to study that follows a bachelor’s degree, typically leading to a master’s, a doctoral degree, or a

Undergraduate education refers to the bachelor’s-level studies that most students pursue after finishing high school or earning an associate degree.

The First Year Experience refers to the programs, services, and everyday transitions that help students adjust to college life during

University orientation is the set of programs colleges run before and during the first weeks of term to introduce new

Transfer Admissions is the process colleges use to decide whether students who have already attended another college or university can

Open admissions is an enrollment policy in which a college accepts nearly every applicant who holds a high school diploma

Selective Admissions is the process colleges use when they accept only a portion of the students who apply, choosing among

Admission requirements are the set of academic records, documents, and criteria a college or university uses to decide whether an

College applications are the formal packets students submit to ask a college or university to consider them for admission, and