Higher Education in the United States
In the United States, students begin “higher education” after completing 12 years of primary and secondary education. Institutions of higher education include two-year colleges (known as “community” or “junior” colleges), four-year colleges, universities, institutes of technology, vocational and technical schools, and professional schools such as law and medical schools. Higher education is available in public and private institutions, institutions affiliated with religious groups, and profit-making institutions–a wide variety. Size varies, too. Some excellent colleges enroll fewer than a thousand students; many large universities enroll fifty thousand or more students. Because postsecondary institutions in the United States are not regulated or managed by the federal government, their philosophy, policies, and practices vary considerably. In the paragraphs that follow we focus on the most common degrees.
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