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Collocations for college - noun

ADJECTIVE

community, local
private, public (AmE), state (esp. AmE)
Christian, Ivy League, junior, liberal arts (all AmE)
City Technology College (abbreviated to CTC), further education (abbreviated to FE college), sixth-form, tertiary, tutorial (all BrE)
university (esp. BrE)
military, police, secretarial, teachers (AmE), teacher-training (BrE), technical, training (esp. BrE)
agricultural, art, music, sports, veterinary
Bible (AmE), theological (esp. BrE)

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VERB + college

attend, go to
enter, start
forgo (AmE), skip
drop out of, flunk out of (AmE), quit (AmE)
finish, graduate (AmE), graduate from, leave
After graduating (from) college, I landed a job in marketing.

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college + VERB

offer sth, run sth
The college runs a course for would-be arts administrators.
attract sb
employ sb
graduate sb (AmE)
The college graduated 50 students last year.

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college + NOUN

administrator, faculty (AmE), lecturer (esp. BrE), professor (esp. AmE), staff, teacher
the college staff (= all the people who work there) (BrE)
the college staff (= all the people who work there apart from those who teach) (AmE)
chancellor (esp. AmE), dean, president (AmE), principal (BrE)
boy, dropout, girl (esp. AmE), graduate, kid (informal), student
freshman (esp. AmE), junior (AmE), senior (AmE), sophomore (AmE)
buddy (informal), mate (BrE,informal), room-mate
fraternity (AmE)
building, campus
chapel, library, room
accommodation (BrE), dorm (AmE,informal), dormitory (AmE)
class (AmE), course, degree, education
credits (AmE)
admissions, application, enrolment/enrollment
graduation
college graduation exercises (AmE)
fees (BrE), tuition (AmE)
loan
life
athletics (AmE), sports
basketball, football, etc.
bookstore (esp. AmE)
team

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PREPOSITION

at college
She's away at college in Virginia.
I got interested in politics when I was at college. (BrE)
in college
Not all the lecturers are in college at any one time. (BrE)
I got interested in politics when I was in college. (AmE)
to college
He's hoping to go to college next year.
college of
a college of education

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