what is a graduate program?
A graduate degree is a masters degree, which generally takes 2-3 years of graduate school after college. Undergraduate coursework is a basic educational foundation within a given program of study following high school. The course work includes a general cluster of knowledge that promotes a well rounded education.
This term, then, encompasses freshmen through senior college students. A graduate degree is any one that occurs beyond the undergraduate degrees, such as Master's and Ph.D. programs as well as some of the others discussed below.