Education Vocabulary for U.S. Schools

Type of School Student is called... Degree Earned University has undergraduate & graduate school      a graduate student Graduate Degree PhD. = Doctor of Philosophy     M.A. = Master of Arts      M.S. = Master of Science College = 4-Year-College an undergraduate student = a senior a junior a sophomore a freshman Bachelor's Degree     B.A. = Bachelor of Arts     B.S. = Bachelor of Science Junior College = Community College = 2-Year-College a sophomore a freshman Associate's Degree     A.A. = Associate of Arts   A.S. = Associate of Science High School A senior is in twelfth grade. A junior is in eleventh grade. A sophomore is in tenth grade. A freshman is in ninth grade.   High School Diploma Junior High School = Middle School an eighth-grade student a seventh-grade student Elementary School = Grammar School = Primary School a sixth-grade student / pupil a fifth-grade student / pupil a fourth-grade student / pupil a third-grade student / pupil a second-grade student / pupil a first-grade student / pupil Kindergarten Pre-School Nursery School a kindergartner a pre-schooler