Colleges & Universities in California

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California: 97 colleges · 64 private nonprofit, 33 public · campus setting: 55 city, 37 suburb, 4 rural, 1 town

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College	City	Public/private	Setting	Students	Athletics
Antioch University-Los Angeles	Culver City	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	61
Antioch University-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	Private nonprofit	City, small	52
Art Center College of Design	Pasadena	Private nonprofit	City, midsize	2,079
Azusa Pacific University	Azusa	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	2,977	NCAA Division II
Bethesda University	Anaheim	Private nonprofit	City, large	212
Biola University	La Mirada	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	3,395	NCAA Division II
California Baptist University	Riverside	Private nonprofit	City, large	8,110	NCAA Division I
California College of ASU	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit	City, large	149
California College of the Arts	San Francisco	Private nonprofit	City, large	1,012
California Institute of Integral Studies	San Francisco	Private nonprofit	City, large	57
California Institute of Technology	Pasadena	Private nonprofit	City, midsize	1,023	NCAA Division III
California Institute of the Arts	Valencia	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	918
California Lutheran University	Thousand Oaks	Private nonprofit	City, midsize	2,380	NCAA Division III
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	Public	Suburb, small	21,559	NCAA Division I
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt	Arcata	Public	Town, remote	5,594	NCAA Division II
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Pomona	Public	Suburb, large	24,455	NCAA Division II
California State University Maritime Academy	Vallejo	Public	City, midsize	761	NAIA
California State University-Bakersfield	Bakersfield	Public	City, large	8,336	NCAA Division I
California State University-Channel Islands	Camarillo	Public	Rural, near a city	5,290
California State University-Chico	Chico	Public	City, midsize	13,160	NCAA Division II
California State University-Dominguez Hills	Carson	Public	City, small	12,730	NCAA Division II
California State University-East Bay	Hayward	Public	Suburb, large	10,562	NCAA Division II
California State University-Fresno	Fresno	Public	City, large	21,430	NCAA Division I
California State University-Fullerton	Fullerton	Public	Suburb, large	37,125	NCAA Division I
California State University-Long Beach	Long Beach	Public	City, large	34,243	NCAA Division I
California State University-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public	City, large	21,527	NCAA Division II
California State University-Monterey Bay	Seaside	Public	Suburb, midsize	5,909	NCAA Division II
California State University-Northridge	Northridge	Public	City, large	32,429	NCAA Division I
California State University-Sacramento	Sacramento	Public	City, large	28,268	NCAA Division I
California State University-San Bernardino	San Bernardino	Public	City, midsize	16,067	NCAA Division II
California State University-San Marcos	San Marcos	Public	Suburb, large	14,246	NCAA Division II
California State University-Stanislaus	Turlock	Public	Suburb, small	8,669	NCAA Division II
Chapman University	Orange	Private nonprofit	City, midsize	7,874	NCAA Division III
Claremont McKenna College	Claremont	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	1,381	NCAA Division III
Concordia University-Irvine	Irvine	Private nonprofit	City, large	1,465	NCAA Division II
Dominican University of California	San Rafael	Private nonprofit	City, small	1,182	NCAA Division II
Fresno Pacific University	Fresno	Private nonprofit	City, large	1,616	NCAA Division II
Golden Gate University	San Francisco	Private nonprofit	City, large	575
Harvey Mudd College	Claremont	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	949
Hope International University	Fullerton	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	549	NAIA
Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses	Stockton	Private nonprofit	City, large	183
John Paul the Great Catholic University	Escondido	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	298
La Sierra University	Riverside	Private nonprofit	City, large	1,244	NAIA
Laguna College of Art and Design	Laguna Beach	Private nonprofit	Rural, near a city	776
Life Pacific University	San Dimas	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	396	NAIA
Loma Linda University	Loma Linda	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	979
Los Angeles Pacific University	San Dimas	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	1,617
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit	City, large	7,336	NCAA Division I
Mount Saint Mary's University	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit	City, large	1,767
National University	San Diego	Private nonprofit	City, large	10,151
Northeastern University Oakland	Oakland	Private nonprofit	City, large	542
Occidental College	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit	City, large	1,854	NCAA Division III
Otis College of Art and Design	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit	City, large	1,243
Pacific Oaks College	Pasadena	Private nonprofit	City, midsize	346
Pacific Union College	Angwin	Private nonprofit	Rural, near a city	910	NAIA
Pepperdine University	Malibu	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	3,629	NCAA Division I
Pitzer College	Claremont	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	1,204	NCAA Division III
Point Loma Nazarene University	San Diego	Private nonprofit	City, large	3,158	NCAA Division II
Pomona College	Claremont	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	1,664	NCAA Division III
Providence Christian College	Pasadena	Private nonprofit	City, midsize	147
Saint Mary's College of California	Moraga	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	2,044	NCAA Division I
San Diego Christian College	Santee	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	93
San Diego State University	San Diego	Public	City, large	34,050	NCAA Division I
San Francisco Conservatory of Music	San Francisco	Private nonprofit	City, large	215
San Francisco State University	San Francisco	Public	City, large	20,756	NCAA Division II
San Jose State University	San Jose	Public	City, large	27,111	NCAA Division I
Santa Clara University	Santa Clara	Private nonprofit	City, midsize	6,249	NCAA Division I
Scripps College	Claremont	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	1,082
Simpson University	Redding	Private nonprofit	City, small	755	NAIA
Soka University of America	Aliso Viejo	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	464	NAIA
Sonoma State University	Rohnert Park	Public	Suburb, large	5,412	NCAA Division II
Stanford University	Stanford	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	8,054	NCAA Division I
The Master's University and Seminary	Santa Clarita	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	1,914	NAIA
Thomas Aquinas College	Santa Paula	Private nonprofit	Rural, distant	539
Touro University Worldwide	Los Alamitos	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	451
University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley	Public	City, midsize	33,078	NCAA Division I
University of California-Davis	Davis	Public	Suburb, small	31,797	NCAA Division I
University of California-Irvine	Irvine	Public	City, large	29,503	NCAA Division I
University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public	City, large	33,040	NCAA Division I
University of California-Merced	Merced	Public	Suburb, midsize	8,372	NAIA
University of California-Riverside	Riverside	Public	City, large	22,646	NCAA Division I
University of California-San Diego	La Jolla	Public	City, large	33,792	NCAA Division I
University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	Public	Suburb, midsize	23,232	NCAA Division I
University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	Public	City, small	17,812	NCAA Division III
University of La Verne	La Verne	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	3,352	NCAA Division III
University of Massachusetts Global	Aliso Viejo	Public	Suburb, large	5,511
University of Redlands	Redlands	Private nonprofit	City, small	2,100	NCAA Division III
University of San Diego	San Diego	Private nonprofit	City, large	5,726	NCAA Division I
University of San Francisco	San Francisco	Private nonprofit	City, large	5,729	NCAA Division I
University of Southern California	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit	City, large	21,023	NCAA Division I
University of the Pacific	Stockton	Private nonprofit	City, large	3,297	NCAA Division I
University of the People	Pasadena	Private nonprofit	City, midsize	36,386
Vanguard University of Southern California	Costa Mesa	Private nonprofit	City, midsize	1,987	NCAA Division II
Westmont College	Santa Barbara	Private nonprofit	Suburb, midsize	1,310	NCAA Division II
Whittier College	Whittier	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	813	NCAA Division III
William Jessup University	Rocklin	Private nonprofit	Suburb, large	1,056	NCAA Division II
Woodbury University	Burbank	Private nonprofit	City, large	825