This is a list of colleges and universities in California.
Federal institutions
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Graduate institutions
- Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
Other academic institutions
- Defense Language Institute, Monterey
State institutions
Two-year institutions
- See California Community Colleges System
Four-year institutions
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 Polytechnic State 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)
Private colleges and universities
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
- California Pacific University, Pinole, California (closed in 2016)
See also
- Higher education in the United States
- List of American institutions of higher education
- List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
- List of colleges and universities
- List of colleges and universities by country
- List of colleges and universities in San Francisco
References
External links
- Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in California
- California cities within each county
- AACSB institutions list
- ABA approved California Law Schools list
- ACCSC institutions list
- ACICS institutions list
- CALS approved California Law Schools by the Committee of Bar Examiners list
- HLC institutions list
- WASC Senior College and University Commission institutions list
