1. Secondary colleges refer to subordinate colleges of universities. There is still a big difference between secondary colleges and independent colleges. A secondary college is not an independent college, nor is it an independent first-class college.

2. Any college affiliated to a university with the suffix College is a secondary college, which is different from the name of the school.

3. Independent colleges refer to institutions of higher learning that cooperate with social organizations or individuals outside state institutions to implement undergraduate education and use non-state financial funds to hold undergraduate education.