List of colleges and universities in California

Updated on Oct 13, 2024

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This is a list of colleges and universities in California.

Map of California, USA

Graduate institutions

Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey

Other academic institutions

Defense Language Institute, Monterey

Pardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica (only research PhD programs)

Two-year institutions

See California Community Colleges System

University of California

University of California, Santa Barbara was founded in 1891 as an independent teachers' college. It joined the University of California system in 1944.

University of California, Los Angeles was founded in 1882 as the southern branch of the California State Normal School. It joined the University of California system in 1919 as the southern branch of the University of California.

California State University

California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo was founded as a vocational high school. It became a vocational school in 1924, and then started awarding bachelor's degrees in 1940.

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, was founded as a southern branch of California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo in 1938, but became independent in 1966.

State graduate institutions

California State University, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (Moss Landing)

University of California, Hastings College of the Law (San Francisco)

University of California, San Francisco (San Francisco)

Defunct institutions

Eldorado College, Escondido

Bethany University, Scotts Valley (closed in 2011)

Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, California (closed in 1981)

Upland College, Upland (merged with Messiah College)

University of Northern California, Lorenzo Patiño School of Law

References

List of colleges and universities in California Wikipedia

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