College Vocabulary-College and Career Readiness

Funding intended to help students pay educational expenses including tuition and fees, room and board, etc. for education at a university that needs to be paid back.

• Financial Aide

• Grant

• Tuition

• Scholarship

A person who has received a degree from a school.

• Credit

• Transfer

• Alumni

• Grants

A unit that measures a student's progress towards earning a degree in a school

• Admissions

• grant

• credit

• Scholarship

A bachelor's degree awarded by an institution of high education.

• Graduate degree

• Admissions

• Tuition

• Undergraduation degree

Money awarded based on financial need that does not need to be paid back.

• grant

• tuition

• financial aide

• loans

A post baccalaureate degree awarded by a university beyond the undergraduate level.

• admissions

• undergraduate degree

• graduate degree

• SAT

An educational institution's formal acceptance of the student to enter a program typically, entrance requirements must be met.

• Alumni

• loans

• tuition

• admissions

The payment that is made to a university in order to be an enrolled student and attend class.

• loan

• tuition

• financial aide

• scholarship

Money borrowed from a financial institution that requires repayment.

• tuition

• scholarship

• loans

• SAT

A sum of money or other aid granted to a student, because of merit, need, to pursue their studies.

• scholarship

• tuition

• loan

• credit