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What's the difference between university and college?

I use both terms interchangeably. But it's relatively rare to hear "university". What's the real difference between both words?

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Ashtonleetate profile picture AshtonleetateMarch 2016
Universities are usually larger and will have larger class sixes Universities will offer Masters and Doctorate programs where college may be more focused on vocational training. The words get used interchangeably but the institutions themselves and their attendees certainly know the difference. The Jr. College I went to was much like 13th grade of my high school. The university I went to after that had a single freshman psychology class of 620. That's as big as the student body count for all four grades at at many small town Texas high schools.
Krissy09 profile picture Krissy09March 2016
I think the difference is the courses they offer. Some colleges doesn't offer that much variety of courses as in a university. Also depends on the country. In some countries, they use university for long-term courses and college is for short-term, technical or vocational courses. Also depends on the country. Some countries use Uni or university and some use college.
  • luciwelch profile picture luciwelchJanuary 2017
    I think it also depends on the country. In Australia College is a type of high school, University is where you go after high school (if you get a degree)