college
Classroom space at an institution which offers undergraduate but not postgraduate courses.
A college is a place for classes, seminars, or study at an institution of higher learning which offers courses in undergraduate but not postgraduate study. (Institutions also offering postgraduate study are universities.) Colleges grant associate's degrees, bachelor's degrees, or other equivalents higher than intermediate degrees but lower than master's degrees or doctorates.
The institution provides undergraduate study and credentials below the master's or doctoral level. Both associate and bachelor-level programs fit that educational range.
A university also provides postgraduate study. A vocational college has a career focus within undergraduate education, while a training school is outside the degree-oriented academic system.
More specific definitions
3 sub-definitions-
community college
A college which offers non-degree adult education or grants degrees lower than a bachelor's degree. -
liberal arts college
Classroom or study space at an institution which offers strictly undergraduate degrees in liberal arts. -
vocational college
Classroom or study space at a career-oriented institution of undergraduate learning which offers degrees.