post-collegiate
adjective[before noun]
US(alsopostcollegiate)uk/ˌpəʊst.kəˈliː.dʒi.ət/us/ˌpoʊst.kəˈliː.dʒɪt/relatingto thetimeafter someone hasfinishedacollegecourse:
In his post-collegiateyearshetaughtlaw.
Dentists have fouryearsof postcollegiateeducation.
used fordescribingpeoplewho havefinishedstudyingatcollege:
Post-collegiaterunnersstruggledtofindfundingandcoaches.
Heraimwas totransformtheclubinto atraininghubforelite, post-collegiateswimmers.
Synonym
post-college
Opposite
pre-collegiate
- Herecallshis post-collegiatecareerat thenewspaperwithaffection.
- Coaches say that thesuccesscomes from therisein post-collegiateswimmingprograms.
University & college education
- academe
- academia
- anti-university
- beadle
- business school
- go up
- grad
- graduate
- hall
- honour
- Oxbridge
- Oxon
- pass degree
- poly
- polytechnic
- the groves of academeidiom
- trimester
- varsity
- vice chancellor
- warden