vocational school
noun
: a school in which people learn how to do a job that requires special skills
He went to a vocational school to learn auto repair.
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This innovative model of tuition assistance helps crew members pay for college courses at a two- or four-year public or private college or university, a business, technical or vocational school, or graduate or postgraduate school.
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Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Diggins and Smith have agreed that Smith will pay child support by way of daycare expenses, educational expenses, and post-secondary school (college or vocational school) expenses, per PEOPLE.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 May 2025
Those expenses included costs related to study abroad programs, postgraduate scholarships, vocational school scholarships, technology fees and other costs that are connected to education.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Funds can be used for books, tuition or other academic expenses at a junior college, four-year college, vocational school or trade school.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
One hundred percent of all donations made to the scholarship fund will be used to send a student to a four- or two-year college or vocational school.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
Their two oldest children have already graduated high school and are enrolled in vocational school.
—Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
In the days that followed, a mass stabbing by a 21-year-old student killed eight and injured 17 at a vocational school in Wuxi, near Shanghai, and a car attack left several schoolchildren and parents injured outside an elementary school in northern Hunan Province.
—Peidong Sun, Foreign Affairs, 25 Dec. 2024
Children adopted through the state of Florida are eligible for free tuition at any Florida state university, college or vocational school up to age 28.
—John B. Bowman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Diggins and Smith have agreed that Smith will pay child support by way of daycare expenses, educational expenses, and post-secondary school (college or vocational school) expenses, per PEOPLE.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 May 2025
Those expenses included costs related to study abroad programs, postgraduate scholarships, vocational school scholarships, technology fees and other costs that are connected to education.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Funds can be used for books, tuition or other academic expenses at a junior college, four-year college, vocational school or trade school.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
One hundred percent of all donations made to the scholarship fund will be used to send a student to a four- or two-year college or vocational school.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
Their two oldest children have already graduated high school and are enrolled in vocational school.
—Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
In the days that followed, a mass stabbing by a 21-year-old student killed eight and injured 17 at a vocational school in Wuxi, near Shanghai, and a car attack left several schoolchildren and parents injured outside an elementary school in northern Hunan Province.
—Peidong Sun, Foreign Affairs, 25 Dec. 2024
Children adopted through the state of Florida are eligible for free tuition at any Florida state university, college or vocational school up to age 28.
—John B. Bowman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Vocational school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vocational%20school. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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