private college
Non-state-funded university
A private college is a college or university funded primarily through tuition, donations, and endowments rather than government support.
Private colleges may be nonprofit or for-profit, religiously affiliated or secular.
They typically have more autonomy over admissions, curriculum, and policies than public institutions: She chose a small private college over the state university.
- small class sizesFew students per instructor
- liberal artsNon-vocational higher education
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
- dean's listAcademic achievement recognition
- tuition feesCharges for instruction
selective · chartered · independent · nonprofit · alumni donations · autonomous · residential life · move-in day · campus community · alumni network · alumni · fundraising campaigns · legacy admissions · dorm · merit-based aid · full ride · endowed · work-study programs
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- college termsuniversity, fall semester, spring semester, state school, credit hours
- private institution
- schoolsprimary school, school, academy, high school, elementary school
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
- businessesbusiness, company, bank, bakery, enterprise
private collegepublic university
Government-funded higher education institution
state school · state university · public college · community college · public institution
private, college, privacy, privately, privation, collegiate, privateer, privates, collegian