womens college

All-girl higher education

A women's college is an institution of higher education that admits only female students.

These colleges emerged in the 19th century when most universities excluded women, and many prestigious ones continue today as single-sex alternatives to coeducational schools: She attended a women's college in Massachusetts.

Also spelled women's college.

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