1. An institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university
   "She studied biology at a prestigious liberal arts college"
    
2. A complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed
   "The students gathered on the college lawn for the graduation ceremony"
    
3. The body of faculty and students of a college
   "The entire college gathered for the commencement ceremony"

Derived forms: colleges

Type of: body, building complex, complex, educational institution

Part of: academe, academia, school [N. Amer], uni [Brit, informal], university

Encyclopedia: College, Pennsylvania