college counts toward education but not experience. experience is experience. i think the reason you have never seen 0–1 years of experience is that they would not bother mentioning it at all if that was all that was required. so if they say high school diploma and 1–2 years of experience, that means high school diploma and you have worked in that field for 1–2 years, also. or BA/BS and 1–2 years experience means the college degree plus 1–2 years experience. college does not count toward the experience.