All students graduated in 2014 can be referred to as "class of 2014", but what term is used to refer "all students" admitted in year 2014?
Thanks!
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2The class of 2018. – Arm the good guys in America Oct 18 '17 at 21:01
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@Clare Thanks. I thought about this, but they do not necessarily graduate in 2018. In my program, people graduate for 4 to 7 years. In this case, is this still an appropriate term? – Tony Oct 18 '17 at 21:07
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The 2014 intake. – Edwin Ashworth Oct 18 '17 at 21:34
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Dear students, 2014 Freshman class, first term, frosh, entrant student body, they with hope? – Stan Oct 18 '17 at 21:36
Either "the class of 2018"* or "2014 matriculants."
* assuming the usual length of study to attain a degree is four years; in law school in the US it is 3 years, so for law school it would be "the class of 2017" instead.
matriculant
A person who is enrolled as a student in a college or university.
from Oxford Living Dictionaries
The predictive validity of the MCAT exam in relation to academic performance through medical school: a national cohort study of 2001–2004 matriculants.
article in Academic Medicine journal
The 2016 matriculants of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Ph.D. Programs
For schools at which students do not all start in the same semester or term, the starting term may also be indicated--for example, Fall 2014 matriculants.
Perhaps you're looking for matriculants.
- A person who is enrolled as a student in a college or university.
It's not exactly as flexible as class of, but things like This year's matriculants is not uncommon, and something along the lines of matriculants from 2014 should be generally understood
In more general terms a group such as a 'class of [year]' is also a cohort. The term comes across as rather technical, however. You can also refer to a 'graduating class' without specifying a year. There is also the phrase 'this year's incoming freshmen' (if they are undergraduates). From the perspective of an enrolment department, e.g. in communicating internally about these students, the collective is termed 'this year/semester's 'intake'.
