cow college
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Meaning · English
An agricultural university or college.
Register: derogatory, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
He thought he had read someplace (perhaps in one of his classes at the University of Maine at Farmington, a cow college from which he had graduated with absolutely no honors at all) that a severe shock to the nervous system sometimes had that very effect […]
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “cow college” mean?
An agricultural university or college.
Is “cow college” formal or informal?
cow college is generally derogatory, slang.