matriculate

More than half of high-school grads matriculate to college, even though only 35% of 12th graders score proficient in reading and 22% in math on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

While it will take a little time for the students to matriculate through college and into the workforce, this plan will be a significant contributor to solving the controller shortage problem.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2025

I need it to matriculate into the master's programme I was accepted into at Columbia.

From BBC ● May 4, 2024

Groban was accepted to Carnegie Mellon University’s prestigious music theater program, but his burgeoning singing career didn’t allow him to matriculate for long.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2023

Technically, apprentices were supposed to start their work at age twelve and gradually matriculate into higher roles, but Kamau—ever charming, ever likable—had appealed to Father Olufemi.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The captivating ecclesiastical drama “Servants,” set in 1980s Czechoslovakia, follows teenage matriculates at a Christian seminary who awaken to a grim reality.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022

“All American’s” Geffri Maya matriculates at a historically Black university in Atlanta in the new spinoff “All American: Homecoming.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2022

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., seemed mystified as to why House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would want to wrestle with government funding issues when she matriculates to the speaker’s suite in January.

From Fox News ● Dec. 19, 2018

An NBA rule forbidding teams to sign a college player until three years after he matriculates would lessen universities’ importance as incubators of NBA talent.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2017

Unless a university is producing these, it is teaching only its matriculates when it ought to be teaching the public.

From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Arthur Elmore Bostwick

By far the biggest factor in admission, however, is whether an applicant has matriculated from another magnet school and how long an applicant has been on the waiting list for a magnet school.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

The Western College of Auctioneering has matriculated over 5,000 students, who auction everything from farm equipment to fine art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

It was only when I had matriculated and moved to New York City as a journalism major that I began to become haunted by the sound of my own voice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2023

Overall, the report found, about 160 Black men matriculated at Harvard’s undergraduate college from 1890 to 1940, an average of little more than three per year and 30 per decade.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022

They’ve sent him to a decent school; maybe he’s even matriculated.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

The total number of black and Hispanic students matriculating at law schools has risen more than 5% over the past two years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

“I hope that women keep getting out there running, hiking, matriculating, climbing, working, and living their lives as they deserve,” Rennison said in an email.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2024

I object to the current program because I worked full time while matriculating at a low-cost college and put myself through school entirely on my own dime.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

“Basically, fall of 2021 saw Indian students from two consecutive application years matriculating at the same time.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

“I’ll be matriculating soon, and I need to at least have an idea about what lies ahead.”

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane