University of California:
University of California was established around 1869 at Berkeley and formed as a result of the merger of Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts and the College of California.
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| List of colleges and universities in California |
| Federal institutions |
| Two-year institutions |
| Defense Language Institute, Monterey |
| Graduate institutions |
| Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey |
| State institutions |
| Two-year institutions |
| Colleges |
| Allan Hancock College |
| American River College |
| Antelope Valley College |
| Bakersfield College |
| Barstow College |
| Butte College |
| Canada College |
| Cabrillo College |
| Cerritos College |
| Cerro Coso Community College |
| Chabot College |
| Chaffey College |
| Citrus College |
| City College of San Francisco |
| Coastline Community College |
| College of Alameda |
| College of Marin |
| College of San Mateo |
| College of the Canyons |
| College of the Desert |
| College of the Redwoods |
| College of the Sequoias |
| College of the Siskiyous |
| Columbia College |
| Compton Community College |
| Contra Costa College |
| Copper Mountain College — 108th in system, first accredited June 2001 |
| Cosumnes River College |
| Crafton Hills College |
| Cuesta College |
| Cuyamaca College |
| Cypress College |
| De Anza College |
| Diablo Valley College |
| East Los Angeles College |
| El Camino College |
| Evergreen Valley College |
| Feather River College |
| Folsom Lake College — 109th in system, first accredited January 2004 |
| Foothill College |
| Fresno City College |
| Fullerton College |
| Gavilan College |
| Glendale Community College |
| Golden West College |
| Grossmont College |
| Hartnell College |
| Imperial Valley College |
| Irvine Valley College |
| Lake Tahoe Community College |
| Laney College |
| Las Positas College — 107th in system, first accredited January 1991 |
| Lassen College |
| Long Beach City College |
| Los Angeles City College |
| Los Angeles Harbor College |
| Los Angeles Mission College |
| Los Angeles Pierce College |
| Los Angeles Southwest College |
| Los Angeles Trade-Tech College |
| Los Angeles Valley College |
| Los Medanos College |
| Mendocino College |
| Merced College |
| Merritt College |
| MiraCosta College |
| Mission College |
| Modesto Junior College |
| Monterey Peninsula College |
| Moorpark College |
| Mt. San Antonio College |
| Mt. San Jacinto College |
| Napa Valley College |
| Ohlone College |
| Orange Coast College |
| Oxnard College |
| Palo Verde College |
| Palomar College |
| Pasadena City College |
| Porterville College |
| Reedley College |
| Rio Hondo College |
| Riverside Community College |
| Sacramento City College |
| Saddleback College |
| San Bernardino Valley College |
| San Diego Centers for Education and Technology |
| San Diego City College |
| San Diego Mesa College |
| San Diego Miramar College |
| San Joaquin Delta College |
| San Jose City College |
| Santa Ana College |
| Santa Barbara City College |
| Santa Monica College |
| Santa Rosa Junior College |
| Santiago Canyon College |
| Shasta College |
| Sierra College |
| Skyline College |
| Solano Community College |
| Southwestern College |
| Taft College |
| Ventura College |
| Victor Valley College |
| Vista College |
| West Hills College |
| West Los Angeles College |
| West Valley College |
| Yuba College |
| Four-year institutions |
| California State University |
| Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona |
| California Maritime Academy, Vallejo |
| California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
| California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield |
| California State University, Channel Islands, Camarillo |
| California State University, Chico, Chico |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson |
| California State University, East Bay, Hayward |
| California State University, Fresno, Fresno |
| California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton |
| California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach |
| California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles |
| California State University, Monterey Bay, Seaside |
| California State University, Northridge, Northridge |
| California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento |
| California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino |
| California State University, San Marcos, San Marcos |
| California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock |
| Humboldt State University, Arcata |
| San Diego State University, San Diego |
| San Francisco State University, San Francisco |
| San José State University, San Jose |
| Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park |
| University of California |
| University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley |
| University of California, Davis, Davis |
| University of California, Irvine, Irvine |
| University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles |
| University of California, Merced, Merced |
| University of California, Riverside, Riverside |
| University of California, San Diego, La Jolla |
| University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara |
| University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz |
| Graduate institutions |
| University of California |
| Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco |
| University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco |
| Private institutions |
| Two-year institutions |
| California Culinary Academy, San Francisco |
| Deep Springs College, Deep Springs |
| Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising |
| Irvine |
| Los Angeles |
| San Diego |
| San Francisco |
| Marymount College, Rancho Palos Verdes |
| Four-year institutions |
| Academy of Art University, San Francisco |
| Alliant International University |
| Alhambra |
| Fresno |
| Irvine |
| Sacramento |
| San Diego |
| San Francisco |
| Antioch University |
| Los Angeles |
| Santa Barbara |
| Art Center College of Design, Pasadena |
| Azusa Pacific University, Azusa |
| Bethany College, Scotts Valley |
| Biola University, La Mirada |
| California Baptist University, Riverside |
| California College of the Arts, San Francisco |
| California Institute of the Arts, Valencia |
| California Institute of Technology, Pasadena |
| California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks |
| California National University, Northridge |
| California Pacific University, Escondido |
| Chapman University, Orange |
| Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles |
| Claremont Colleges, Claremont |
| Claremont McKenna College, Claremont |
| Harvey Mudd College, Claremont |
| Pitzer College, Claremont |
| Pomona College, Claremont |
| Scripps College, Claremont |
| Cogswell College, Sunnyvale |
| Concordia University Irvine, Irvine |
| Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, St. Helena |
| DeVry University |
| Fremont |
| Fresno |
| Irvine |
| Long Beach |
| Pomona |
| Sacramento |
| San Diego |
| San Francisco |
| West Hills |
| Dominican University of California, San Rafael |
| Fresno Pacific University, Fresno |
| Golden Gate University, San Francisco |
| Holy Names University, Oakland |
| Hope International University, Fullerton |
| Humphreys College, Stockton |
| John F. Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill |
| La Sierra University, Riverside |
| Life Pacific College, San Dimas |
| Lincoln University, Oakland |
| Loma Linda University, Loma Linda |
| Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles |
| Master's College, Newhall |
| The Master's Seminary, Sun Valley |
| Menlo College, Atherton |
| Mills College, Oakland |
| Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles |
| National Hispanic University, San Jose |
| National University |
| Bakersfield |
| Camarillo |
| Camp Pendleton |
| Carlsbad |
| Chula Vista |
| Costa Mesa |
| Fresno |
| Inglewood |
| La Mesa |
| Orange |
| Redding |
| Sacramento |
| San Bernardino |
| San Diego |
| San Jose |
| Sherman Oaks |
| Stockton |
| Twentynine Palms |
| New College of California, San Francisco |
| Northwestern Polytechnic University, Fremont |
| Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont |
| Occidental College, Los Angeles |
| Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles |
| Pacific Oaks College and Children's School, Pasadena |
| Pacific Union College, Angwin |
| Patten College, Oakland |
| Pepperdine University, Malibu |
| Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego |
| Remington College, San Diego |
| Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga |
| Samuel Merritt College, Oakland |
| San Diego Christian College, El Cajon |
| Santa Clara University, Santa Clara |
| Soka University, Aliso Viejo |
| Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles |
| Simpson University, Redding |
| Stanford University, Stanford |
| Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula |
| University of Judaism, Los Angeles |
| University of La Verne, La Verne |
| University of Northern California, Petaluma |
| University of Phoenix |
| Bakersfield |
| Beale Air Force Base |
| Chula Vista |
| Diamond Bar |
| Edwards Air Force Base |
| Foothill Ranch |
| Fountain Valley |
| Gardena |
| La Mirada |
| Lancaster |
| Lanthrop |
| Novato |
| Oakland |
| Oceanside |
| Oxnard |
| Pasadena |
| Pleasanton |
| Rancho Cordova |
| Roseville |
| Sacramento |
| San Bernardino |
| San Diego |
| San Francisco |
| San Jose |
| San Marcos |
| Suisun City |
| Walnut Creek |
| Woodland Hills |
| University of Redlands, Redlands |
| University of the Pacific, Stockton |
| University of San Diego, San Diego |
| University of San Francisco, San Francisco |
| University of Southern California, Los Angeles |
| University of West Los Angeles |
| Inglewood |
| Woodland Hills |
| Vanguard University of Southern California, Costa Mesa |
| Westmont College, Santa Barbara |
| Whittier College, Whittier |
| William Howard Taft University, Santa Ana |
| William Jessup University, Rocklin |
| Woodbury University |
| Burbank |
| San Diego |
| Graduate institutions |
| California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco |
| Claremont Colleges, Claremont |
| Claremont Graduate University, Claremont |
| Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, Claremont |
| Claremont School of Theology, Claremont |
| Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara |
| Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena |
| Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley |
| American Baptist Seminary of the West, Berkeley |
| The Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley |
| Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley |
| Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley |
| The Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Berkeley |
| Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley |
| Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley |
| San Francisco Theological Seminary, Berkeley |
| Starr King School for the Ministry, Berkeley |
| Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto |
| Loyola Law School, Los Angeles |
| McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento |
| Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey |
| Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto |
| Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria |
| Saint Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park, Menlo Park |
| Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, San Francisco |
| Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles |
| Stanford Law School, Stanford |
| Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona |
| Westminster Theological Seminary in California, Escondido |