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liberal arts college
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌlɪb.ər.əl ˈɑːts ˌkɒl.ɪdʒ/ us /ˌlɪb.ər.əl ˈɑːrts ˌkɑː.lɪdʒ/
in the US, a private university, usually a small one, that offers mainly undergraduate(= first) degrees, typically in arts and sciences rather than technical or professional subjects such as medicine:
A liberal arts college emphasizes the undergraduate experience as opposed to graduate and research programmes.
The cost of tuition at the institution is similar to that at other elite liberal arts colleges.
Compare
comprehensive university
He was president of a small liberal arts college in the hills of north New Jersey.
Science and technology institutes tended to receive more investment than the liberal arts colleges.
Enrolment at some liberal arts colleges is as much as 60 to 70 percent female.
She wanted to become a liberal arts college professor.
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