| − | In the United States, a '''liberal arts college''' refers to an institution of higher learning which exclusively or mainly grants undergraduate degrees, such as the Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) and Bachelor of Sciences (B. S.), and which emphasizes a traditional general education rather than directly career-oriented specialties. | + | In the United States, the term '''liberal arts college''' refers to an institution of higher learning which exclusively or mainly grants undergraduate degrees, such as the Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) and Bachelor of Sciences (B. S.), and which emphasizes a traditional general education rather than directly career-oriented specialties. |
| | A ''university,'' in contrast, has one (or more) undergraduate "colleges," but also has "graduate schools" which require an undergraduate degree for entrance. A university might have a medical school, a law school, a business school, possibly schools of agriculture, music, veterinary medicine, divinity, etc. | | A ''university,'' in contrast, has one (or more) undergraduate "colleges," but also has "graduate schools" which require an undergraduate degree for entrance. A university might have a medical school, a law school, a business school, possibly schools of agriculture, music, veterinary medicine, divinity, etc. |