College

This article is about educational colleges. For other uses, see College (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Collage.

Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England
Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States
Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India
Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018

A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary school.

In most of the world, a college may be a high school or secondary school, a college of further education, a training institution that awards trade qualifications, a higher-education provider that does not have university status (often without its own degree-awarding powers), or a constituent part of a university. In the United States, a college may offer undergraduate programs – either as an independent institution or as the undergraduate program of a university – or it may be a residential college of a university or a community college, referring to (primarily public) higher education institutions that aim to provide affordable and accessible education, usually limited to two-year associate degrees.[1] The word is generally also used as a synonym for a university in the US.[2] Colleges in countries such as France, Belgium, and Switzerland provide secondary education.

  1. ^ "Everything You Need to Know About Community Colleges: FAQ". Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1891, s.v., definition 4c