What's the difference between a "college" and a "university"?

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Question by Woody Y: What's the difference between a "college" and a "university"?
I saw an item in the news the other day where some "college", I can't remember which, wanted to change its name to "university". Or maybe it was the other way around - I forget.

Anyway, they seemed to feel that one title or the other had more cache and would attract a higher caliber of student.

Does anyone know - is there any specific thing that distinguishes a "college" from a "university"? Obviously it's not important but I've always been curious.


Best answer:

Answer by geekboywonder
College- one school
University- alliance of schools

An example... I went to Stephen F Austin State University... there were originally Texas State Teachers' College and the East Texas School of Forestry. When they joined forces, it became a university.

This is why you hear "Yada Yada University, Bing Finkleman School of Law..."

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