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Any educational institution, including those that provide elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education.
School
A secondary school that offers grades 9 to 12.
High school
A postsecondary institution that typically provides only an undergraduate education, but in some cases, also graduate degrees. Can also refer to an academic division of a university, such as College of Business.
College
A postsecondary institution that typically offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
University
A public, two-year postsecondary institution that offers the associate degree. Typically provide a transfer program, allowing students to transfer to a four-year school to complete their bachelor’s degree, and a career program, which provides students with a vocational degree.
Community college
A two-year postsecondary institution that offers the associate degree
Junior college
An organization created for a specific purpose, usually for research, that may be located on a college or university’s campus.
Institute
A postsecondary institution that emphasizes an undergraduate education in liberal arts.
Liberal arts college
A higher education institution for students who have already received their undergraduate degree to gain training in specific professions, such as law, medicine, and pharmacy.
Professional school
A postsecondary institution controlled by a private individual(s) or a nongovernmental agency. A private institution is usually not supported primarily by public funds and its programs are not operated by publicly elected or appointed officials.
Private school
A postsecondary institution that is supported mainly by public funds and whose programs are operated by publicly elected or appointed officials.
Public school
The division of a college or university, or an independent postsecondary institution, which administers graduate studies and awards master’s degrees, doctorates, or graduate certificates.
Graduate school
