commercial college

American  

noun

1. a school that trains people for careers in business.

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commercial college British  

noun

1. a college providing tuition in commercial skills, such as shorthand and book-keeping

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Etymology

Origin of commercial college

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Kath left school at the age of 14 and attended commercial college before beginning secretarial work.

From BBC

The highest educational level he reached was graduating from Spalding Commercial College.

From Salon

While he was working, Mr. Donald went to school to study computer science and received an associate degree in 1998 from the Interboro Institute, a commercial college that closed in 2007 after running into trouble with state regulators.

From New York Times

Johnson was a graduate of the Shorthand & Typewriting department of Wood’s Commercial College and was working in the Interstate Commerce Commission when the Marines issued a call for help.

From Washington Post

This fall, Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College in Zhejiang enrolled 25 of its 3,000 freshmen in its live-streaming training program.

From The Wall Street Journal