Oh, cut the limeys some slack. They're always hopeless about getting the names of things Murrican right, and it's mean, cruel, and heartless to expect them to clean their act up now.
But just in case, here's a crib sheet for those limeys who wish to try to improve their diction:
Most of the American states have a university called "University of <state name>". Many have another institution called "<state name> State University." Examples: University of Oregon and Oregon State University. Exception: State University of New York.
In addition, there are endless independent universities with a variety of names: University of Rochester, Rockefeller University, etc.
Generally "university" in the US means an institution offering graduate degrees typically leading to a PhD, whereas a "college" means a four-year institution offering only undergraduate (bachelor) degrees. Some colleges offer master's degrees as well.
Among the state institutions, many have multiple campuses and the location is used as part of the name. Thus you have UCLA meaning "University of California at Los Angeles", SUNY Potsdam for "State University of New York at Potsdam", and so on.
In some cases, the undergraduate division of a university is called "college". Yale University includes Yale College, Harvard University includes Harvard College.
Any general rule is guaranteed to have exceptions. Reference to an institution's web site is the easiest way to find out what they call themselves.
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Oh, cut the limeys some slack. They're always hopeless about getting the names of things Murrican right, and it's mean, cruel, and heartless to expect them to clean their act up now.
But just in case, here's a crib sheet for those limeys who wish to try to improve their diction:
Most of the American states have a university called "University of <state name>". Many have another institution called "<state name> State University." Examples: University of Oregon and Oregon State University. Exception: State University of New York.
In addition, there are endless independent universities with a variety of names: University of Rochester, Rockefeller University, etc.
Generally "university" in the US means an institution offering graduate degrees typically leading to a PhD, whereas a "college" means a four-year institution offering only undergraduate (bachelor) degrees. Some colleges offer master's degrees as well.
Among the state institutions, many have multiple campuses and the location is used as part of the name. Thus you have UCLA meaning "University of California at Los Angeles", SUNY Potsdam for "State University of New York at Potsdam", and so on.
In some cases, the undergraduate division of a university is called "college". Yale University includes Yale College, Harvard University includes Harvard College.
Any general rule is guaranteed to have exceptions. Reference to an institution's web site is the easiest way to find out what they call themselves.