graduate from

1. To move up from one position, rank, or level, to a higher one: That year, the athletes graduated from amateur to professional status in the competition.

2. To complete the academic requirements of some institution, usually receiving an academic degree: I graduated from college with a degree in history.

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Even as an increasing percentage of black Americans graduate from college -- often, the first in their family to do so -- they remain more likely to need to borrow to finance their undergraduate education, and the borrowing gap between the races has stayed, in percentage-point terms, about as wide for 2000-2014 graduates as in earlier decades.

Black College Grads More Likely to Graduate With Debt; Black graduates have lower levels of well-being than other college graduates

Renee McDaniel will graduate from American Career College in Norco as an ultrasound technician.

WHERE TO TOSS YOUR HAT RECENT GRADUATE? HERE'S WHERE THE JOBS ARE

Every single 02 graduate from the B-52 course deployed--to mission planning cells, the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) and as combat fliers.

The power of the patch--America's newest weapons officers

Critically, reform efforts have done little to improve the rate at which students graduate from a regular high school program by the typical age of 18 years.

Using school-wide data to advocate for student success

This gives us an estimate of the annual graduation rate--the percentage of each class of schoolchildren that goes on to graduate from high school.

Tassels on the cheap: treating the GED as a high-school diploma masks a declining graduation rate. (Feature)

First "Energy Pathway Program" Students Graduate from Intensive 6-month Program

Dozens of Low-Income Workers in Los Angeles to Begin New Year Earning $70,000/Yr. Through Internships, Careers in Energy Industry as Result of SBCC's Innovative, Community-Based Jobs Program

She's the first to graduate from our family,'' Jose Chavez said in Spanish.

LOOKING TO THEIR FUTURES HIGH SCHOOL GRADS SET TO SPREAD THEIR WINGS

Bottom Line helps students overcome the formidable barriers to get in to college, graduate from college, and go far in life.

Bottom Line Celebrates A Summer Evening With Its Recent Class of College Graduates

Sandra Medina, a 23-year-old graduate from Granada Hills, worked a full- time job as analyst for 21st Century Insurance while majoring in health sciences.

CAPS OFF TO VALLEY GRADS AREA COLLEGES MARK STORIES OF SUCCESS

Street Tech students come from diverse backgrounds who have overcome enormous personal difficulties to graduate from the program.

Street Tech Awarded Certificate of Excellence From Computing Technology Industry Association

5, four were only 17 - completing two years of college work before most students graduate from high school.

GRADUATES TIP CAPS TO CAMPUS FOUR 17-YEAR-OLDS AMONG COLLEGE CLASS

Gracious donations, such as this one from Progress Software, provide the opportunity for high-tech companies throughout the Merrimack Valley to recruit some of the best and brightest computer scientists to graduate from UMass Lowell.

Progress Software Makes Grant to UMass Lowell Computer Science Internship Program

I'm the first in my family to graduate from college.

HATS OFF TO GRADUATES HARD WORK PAYS OFF AT COLLEGES IN VALLEY

Students receiving Master of Science degrees in Science and Technology Commercialization (MSSTC) from the University's IC2 Institute comprise only the fifth class to graduate from this innovate degree program.

First Online Students Graduate From UT Austin's Masters Program; IC2 Institute Graduates 2001 Masters of Science and Technology Commercialization for Working Professionals

PHOTO (Color) Tracy Toohey will graduate from College of the Canyons after enduring many hardships to receive her degree.