Sounds like he is still a dependent since he was a student for at least 5 months and all the other tests are met. Here is an extract from IRS Publication 501.
"Student defined.
To qualify as a student, your child must be, during some part of each of any 5 calendar months of the year:
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A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school; or
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A student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.
The 5 calendar months don't have to be consecutive.
Full-time student.
A full-time student is a student who is enrolled for the number of hours or courses the school considers to be full-time attendance.
School defined.
A school can be an elementary school, junior or senior high school, college, university, or technical, trade, or mechanical school. However, an on-the-job training course, correspondence school, or school offering courses only through the Internet doesn't count as a school."
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