Post-Secondary Options Pretest

secondary education

• (n) a post-secondary institution where you can earn certificates and diplomas in the trades, as well as business and technical degrees
• a school that teaches you the skills you need to do a particular job.
• middle and high school
• provides money to pay students for working at on-campus jobs

post-secondary education

• A college like Bellevue College that offers 2 years worth of coursework and grants an Associate's Degree. Some also offer Bachelor's Degrees.
• An alternative to the SAT, the ACT assesses English, mathematics, reading, and science reasoning.
• a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee
• any education or training following high school

university

• a school that teaches you the skills you need to do a particular job.
• a collection of colleges, has undergraduate programs which award bachelor degrees and graduate program for masters' degrees and doctorates.
• The total amount of financial aid (federal and nonfederal) a student is offered by a college or career school.
• A college like Bellevue College that offers 2 years worth of coursework and grants an Associate's Degree. Some also offer Bachelor's Degrees.

college

• An academic degree which usually takes four years to earn and is awarded by a college or university.
• The cost of instruction at a college or university.
• An institution of higher education that awards degrees and certificates.
• a collection of colleges, has undergraduate programs which award bachelor degrees and graduate program for masters' degrees and doctorates.

undergraduate

• part of an employee's compensation over and above wages or salary, such as insurance, stocks, childcare funds, etc.
• a student in a college or university who has not yet earned a bachelor's degree
• Western Undergraduate Exchange- reduced tuition prices for residents of certain states attending a school in another state within the WUE region
• (n) a post-secondary institution where you can earn certificates and diplomas in the trades, as well as business and technical degrees

bachelor's degree (BA or BS)

• the tuition paid by students who reside in the same state as the college or university they attend
• Western Undergraduate Exchange- reduced tuition prices for residents of certain states attending a school in another state within the WUE region
• An academic degree which usually takes four years to earn and is awarded by a college or university.
• A graduate degree typically requiring two or three years of study beyond a bachelor's degree; an academic degree higher than a bachelor's but lower than a doctorate.

graduate student

• An academic degree which usually takes four years to earn and is awarded by a college or university.
• 2 year college degree from a community college, university, college, or technical school. The recipient of some Associate's Degrees can then transfer the credits toward a 4 year Bachelor's Degree.
• part of an employee's compensation over and above wages or salary, such as insurance, stocks, childcare funds, etc.
• student with a bachelor's degree who is enrolled in a master's degree program

master's degree (MA)

• The cost of having a place to sleep (room) and food to eat (board) while at school.
• A graduate degree typically requiring two or three years of study beyond a bachelor's degree; an academic degree higher than a bachelor's but lower than a doctorate.
• The cost of instruction at a college or university.
• Program to train college students to become officers in the US Armed Forces

community college

• An alternative to the SAT, the ACT assesses English, mathematics, reading, and science reasoning.
• A college like Bellevue College that offers 2 years worth of coursework and grants an Associate's Degree. Some also offer Bachelor's Degrees.
• includes carpenters, masons, electricians, plumbers, painters, auto mechanics, and paperhangers
• The cost of instruction at a college or university.

Associate's Degree (A.A., A.S.)

• Program to train college students to become officers in the US Armed Forces
• 2 year college degree from a community college, university, college, or technical school. The recipient of some Associate's Degrees can then transfer the credits toward a 4 year Bachelor's Degree.
• a gift of money or other aid awarded to a student to help pay for education
• A college like Bellevue College that offers 2 years worth of coursework and grants an Associate's Degree. Some also offer Bachelor's Degrees.