In the USA, there are The IVY League, Public Universities, Private Universities, Technical institutes & Community Colleges. While Universities provide a full time bachelors degree, community colleges usually provide a 2-year of associate degree. In USA a Bachelor’s Degree is for 4 years (students have an optional to first pursue a 2 years associate degree at community college + 2 more years of under grads program at a four year college or university). The USA Education System is very flexible and allows students to basically design their own degree. In the first year students study a variety of subjects to gauge their interest. By the end of the second year students are required to declare their ‘major’ i.e the subject in which they want to pursue their degree. Besides the major students can also pursue ‘minor’ in other subjects. Example a student can Major in Business and pursue a Minor in Psychology or English Literature.