'Spring Data JPA: What is wrong or how to correct this jpql query

The entity relationships are - A student belongs to one college And a college can have multiple students. So there is ManyToOne relationship between Student --> College And a OneToMany relationship between College --> Student.

The entities are as below.

@Entity
public class College {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    private int collegeId;

    private String collegeName;

    @OneToMany(targetEntity = Student.class, mappedBy = "college") 
    private List<Student> students;

and

@Entity
public class Student {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    private int studentId;

    private String studentName;

    @ManyToOne
    @JoinColumn(name = "collegeId_fk")
    private College college;

1) I am using the below jpql query in spring data jpa repository.

@Query("SELECT c FROM College c LEFT JOIN FETCH c.students where c.collegeId IN (2)")
public List<College> findByCollegeIdsJPQL();

I am expecting that a list with single college entity to be returned as collegeId is primary key for the College Entity and I am giving only one id for the IN. But What I am getting is a list of colleges all with same primary key (collegeId=2). The size of returned list is equal to the number students in the college.

System.err.println("collegeRepo.findByCollegeIdsJPQL().size(): " + collegeRepo.findByCollegeIdsJPQL().size()); 
//output: collegeRepo.findByCollegeIdsJPQL().size(): 6

And for

collegeRepo.findByCollegeIdsJPQL().forEach( System.err::println );

output:
College [collegeId=2, collegeName=college2]
College [collegeId=2, collegeName=college2]
College [collegeId=2, collegeName=college2]
College [collegeId=2, collegeName=college2]
College [collegeId=2, collegeName=college2]
College [collegeId=2, collegeName=college2]

2) Another issue i noticed,
calling collegeRepo.findByCollegeIdsJPQL() for second time is causing another sql query ie DB hit. Can not this be served from session(first level) cache. I have annotated the calling method with

  @Transactional
  public void run(String... args) throws Exception {

output log -

2022-02-20 15:10:59.140[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([student_1_12_0__] : [INTEGER]) - [6]
collegeRepo.findByCollegeIdsJPQL().size(): 6
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.153[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.s.t.i.TransactionInterceptor          [0;39m [2m:[0;39m No need to create transaction for [org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.SimpleJpaRepository.findByCollegeIdsJPQL]: This method is not transactional.
Hibernate: 
    select
        college0_.college_id as college_1_1_0_,
        students1_.student_id as student_1_12_1_,
        college0_.college_name as college_2_1_0_,
        students1_.college_id_fk as college_3_12_1_,
        students1_.student_name as student_2_12_1_,
        students1_.college_id_fk as college_3_12_0__,
        students1_.student_id as student_1_12_0__ 
    from
        college college0_ 
    left outer join
        student students1_ 
            on college0_.college_id=students1_.college_id_fk 
    where
        college0_.college_id in (
            2
        )
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[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.246[0;39m [32m INFO[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[on(3)-127.0.0.1][0;39m [36mo.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet       [0;39m [2m:[0;39m Initializing Servlet 'dispatcherServlet'
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.247[0;39m [32m INFO[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[on(3)-127.0.0.1][0;39m [36mo.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet       [0;39m [2m:[0;39m Completed initialization in 1 ms
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.403[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([college_1_1_0_] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.404[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([student_1_12_1_] : [INTEGER]) - [1]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.404[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([college_3_12_0__] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.404[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([college_1_1_0_] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.404[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([student_1_12_1_] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.404[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([college_3_12_0__] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.404[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([college_1_1_0_] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.405[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([student_1_12_1_] : [INTEGER]) - [3]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.405[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([college_3_12_0__] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.405[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([college_1_1_0_] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.406[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([student_1_12_1_] : [INTEGER]) - [4]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.406[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([college_3_12_0__] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.406[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([college_1_1_0_] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.406[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([student_1_12_1_] : [INTEGER]) - [5]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.406[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([college_3_12_0__] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.406[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([college_1_1_0_] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.406[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([student_1_12_1_] : [INTEGER]) - [6]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.406[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.h.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor  [0;39m [2m:[0;39m extracted value ([college_3_12_0__] : [INTEGER]) - [2]
College [collegeId=2, collegeName=college2]
College [collegeId=2, collegeName=college2]
College [collegeId=2, collegeName=college2]
College [collegeId=2, collegeName=college2]
College [collegeId=2, collegeName=college2]
College [collegeId=2, collegeName=college2]
[2m2022-02-20 15:10:59.407[0;39m [32mTRACE[0;39m [35m18416[0;39m [2m---[0;39m [2m[           main][0;39m [36mo.s.t.i.TransactionInterceptor          [0;39m [2m:[0;39m Completing transaction for [com.demo.MyRunner.run]


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