Junior (education year)

This article is about the year of study in the US. For the type of school, see Junior school.
Junior class artwork, from East Texas State Normal College's 1920 Locust yearbook

A junior is a person in the third year at an educational institution in the US and some other countries, usually at a secondary school or at the college and university level, but also in other forms of post-secondary educational institutions. In United States high schools, a junior is an eleventh-grade student;[1] [2] juniors are considered upperclassmen.[3]

  1. ^ "Concise Oxford English Dictionary". Oxford University Press.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Merriam-Webster online". Merriam-Webster.
  3. ^ "Definition of UPPERCLASSMAN". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.