junior college

junior college

n.

An educational institution offering a two-year course that is generally the equivalent of the first two years of a four-year undergraduate course.

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junior college

n US and Canadian

1. (Social Science / Education) an educational establishment providing a two-year course that either terminates with an associate degree or is the equivalent of the freshman and sophomore years of a four-year undergraduate course

2. (Social Science / Education) the junior section of a college or university

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

junior college - a college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree college - an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university community college - a nonresidential junior college offering a curriculum fitted to the needs of the community normal school, teachers college - a two-year school for training elementary teachers