It’s a silly distinction. If you are “going to college/university,” you could be going for any number of degree programs, from a Bachelor’s Degree, to an Associates Degree, to a Master’s Degree, or whatever. The degree program is irrelevant. If you are going to school, and it is a college or university, you are going to college/university.
So they’re completely separate from universities?
No, they’re associated with the establishments, but the programs are separate from 4-year degrees typically referred to with the term “university.”
That’s a very arbitrary definition of “university”.
It’s called “context,” sweetie.
It’s a silly distinction. If you are “going to college/university,” you could be going for any number of degree programs, from a Bachelor’s Degree, to an Associates Degree, to a Master’s Degree, or whatever. The degree program is irrelevant. If you are going to school, and it is a college or university, you are going to college/university.