junior college

noun

a collegiate institution offering courses only through the first one or two years of college instruction and granting a certificate of title instead of a degree.
a division of a college, university, or university system offering general courses during the first two years of instruction or fulfilling administrative duties applicable to freshmen and sophomores.

junior college

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
the junior section of a college or university

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Ruettiger struggled to even get admitted to Notre Dame, laboring through junior college where he was diagnosed as dyslexic.

Also, although I love my job, I am thinking of trying to get a higher paying job at junior college or university.

A second junior college was established in 1925 at the school of forestry in Bottineau.

They go to, one of them goes to junior college, I believe, and the other one goes to high school.

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