The phrase "a modest college" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a college that is not overly large, prestigious, or expensive, often emphasizing a more humble or unassuming nature.
Example: "She chose to attend a modest college that offered a strong sense of community and personalized attention from faculty."
Alternatives: "a humble college" or "a small college".
After a modest college career at Notre Dame, he kicked around the minor leagues before a stint in the N.B.A. last season.
Yet in a survey by The Economist in 2013, MBA students ranked its facilities (measured, admittedly, by more than just the quality of its buildings) a lowly 27th in the world, below those of institutions such as Brunel University, a modest college in Uxbridge, in west London.
"He was short, slow and couldn't jump, but I tell you what, not many people in the world ever had a better shooting eye than Greg," said Tynes Hildebrand, who coached Procell in a modest college career at Northwestern State in Louisiana.
But for eight words, Matt Fuerbringer might be a high school basketball coach somewhere, telling stories of a modest college career followed by a brief professional foray overseas.
Before running Harvard he was president of Lawrence, a more modest college in Wisconsin.
A more modest college football stadium would be built across the river in East Hartford.
"That decline, frankly, is not much of a surprise and it's modest," College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock said.
Each spring, we prepared a simple tax return to report any earnings on the modest college funds established with a combination of diligence and thrift over the years.
Detailing the college's history, Jeanne Halgren Kilde tells stories of the college's influential leaders, its defining moments, its rapidly changing student life, and the sometimes controversial evolution of the school's curriculum and reputation, exploring its transformation from a modest evangelical college into a progressive, secular institution.
The modest college football facility was largely unsuited to corporate customers, according to Powell, though that revenue stream has gathered momentum with more than 30 suites and other V.I.P. sections available at the team's $200 million downtown home.
NEW ORLEANS — While Sunday's Super Bowl will feature two quarterbacks from colleges with relatively unheralded football programs, it would be incorrect to say that either Baltimore's Joe Flacco, who went to Delaware, or San Francisco's Colin Kaepernick, who played at Nevada-Reno, have the most modest college pedigree in the game.
