In the United States, a junior college is a college that provides a two-year course that is usually equivalent to the firsttwo years of a regular undergraduate course.
He went to a junior college and majored in computer programming.
junior college in British English
noun US and Canadian
1.
an educational establishment providing a two-year course that either terminates with an associate degree or is the equivalent of the freshman and sophomore years of a four-year undergraduate course
2.
the junior section of a college or university
junior college in American English
US
a school offering courses for two years beyond high school, either as the first two years of a standard four-year college program or as a complete career-training program resulting in a certificate or an associate degree
Examples of 'junior college' in a sentence
junior college
He'd taught literature in junior college for a year until he'd lost his job because of (he claimed) cutbacks and faculty politics.