<p>As in Dante, there’s at least one layer in between “good” and “bad”, and probably many sub-layers. Your local community college. It may not be “bad” at all, but unless it’s an extraordinary community college no one is going to be describing it as a “good college”. In my area, at least, there are lots of these – nonselective colleges that give students a chance to better themselves, etc., but do not receive lots of respect just for their names, and where the mere fact of registration doesn’t communicate anything more positive about students who attend them beyond that the students aren’t doing nothing.</p>