junior college
noun
: an educational institution that offers two years of studies corresponding to those in the first two years of a four-year college and that often offers technical, vocational, and liberal studies to the adults of a community
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The rest of last season’s key rotation pieces are back, plus four-star prep prospect Joseph Hunter, junior college All-American Junior Brinson and 6-10 Nebraska center Eduardo Andre. 
Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022 Cheer follows the champion cheerleading team at Navarro, a junior college located in Corsicana, Texas, which is about an hour from Dallas. Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 27 Jan. 2022 Oregon women’s basketball has added a two-time junior college All-American. James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 25 May 2021 None of this seems to come as a surprise to some of those who knew him best with the Royals, who drafted him in the 19th round in 2015 out of a junior college in Puerto Rico. Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2022 The now 19-year-old, from Antioch, Illinois, is reportedly attending Blinn College, a public junior college in Texas, with hopes of eventually transferring to Texas A&M University. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2022 Occidental has applied for other state tax benefits, too, and has already been awarded at least one other 10-year property tax abatement for one of the projects by Odessa College, a public junior college. Nicholas Kusnetz, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Aug. 2022 The 6-foot-6 wing was never a big recruit, starting his collegiate career at a junior college before finishing TCU. Nick Crain, Forbes, 18 July 2022 When his only option after graduating was at a junior college. Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2022 See More
Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022 Cheer follows the champion cheerleading team at Navarro, a junior college located in Corsicana, Texas, which is about an hour from Dallas. Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 27 Jan. 2022 Oregon women’s basketball has added a two-time junior college All-American. James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 25 May 2021 None of this seems to come as a surprise to some of those who knew him best with the Royals, who drafted him in the 19th round in 2015 out of a junior college in Puerto Rico. Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2022 The now 19-year-old, from Antioch, Illinois, is reportedly attending Blinn College, a public junior college in Texas, with hopes of eventually transferring to Texas A&M University. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2022 Occidental has applied for other state tax benefits, too, and has already been awarded at least one other 10-year property tax abatement for one of the projects by Odessa College, a public junior college. Nicholas Kusnetz, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Aug. 2022 The 6-foot-6 wing was never a big recruit, starting his collegiate career at a junior college before finishing TCU. Nick Crain, Forbes, 18 July 2022 When his only option after graduating was at a junior college. Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above