(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is an institution where students study after they have left school.
Their daughter Joanna is doing business studies at a local ~...
He is now a professor of economics at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
N-VAR; N-IN-NAMES
2.
A ~ is one of the institutions which some British universities are divided into.
He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford.
N-COUNT: oft in names after n
3.
At some universities in the United States, ~s are divisions which offer degrees in particular subjects.
...a professor at the University of Florida College of Law.
N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES
4.
College is used in Britain in the names of some secondary schools which charge fees.
In 1854, Cheltenham Ladies’ College became the first girls’ public school.
N-IN-NAMES