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A-Z Universities in California (state)

Looking for a specific university in California? uniRank provides a comprehensive 2026 A-Z list of 130 California higher-education institutions meeting uniRank's selection criteria:

  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in the United States.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

A-Z Universities in California


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A-Z list of 130 California universities by university name
University Town/City #
Academy of Art University San Francisco 519
Alliant International University San Diego 832
American Film Institute Conservatory Los Angeles 1650
American Jewish University Los Angeles 1177
Antioch University Los Angeles Culver City Un
Antioch University Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Un
ArtCenter College of Design Pasadena 491
Azusa Pacific University Azusa 443
Bethesda University Anaheim 1701
Biola University La Mirada 326
California Baptist University Riverside 733
California College of the Arts San Francisco 562
California Institute of Integral Studies San Francisco 648
California Institute of Technology Pasadena 56
California Institute of the Arts Valencia 436
California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks 629
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo 131
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Maritime Academy Vallejo 806
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Arcata 270
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Pomona 190
California State University Channel Islands Camarillo 594
California State University San Marcos San Marcos 349
California State University, Bakersfield Bakersfield 596
California State University, Chico Chico 209
California State University, Dominguez Hills Carson 375
California State University, East Bay Hayward 447
California State University, Fresno Fresno 288
California State University, Fullerton Fullerton 162
California State University, Long Beach Long Beach 177
California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles 308
California State University, Monterey Bay Seaside 508
California State University, Northridge Northridge 125
California State University, Sacramento Sacramento 211
California State University, San Bernardino San Bernardino 267
California State University, Stanislaus Turlock 364
California Western School of Law San Diego 998
Chapman University Orange 201
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Los Angeles 1192
Claremont Graduate University Claremont 520
Claremont McKenna College Claremont 522
Concordia University Irvine Irvine 897
Dharma Realm Buddhist University Ukiah 1661
Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology Berkeley 1583
Dominican University of California San Rafael 631
Fielding Graduate University Santa Barbara 1196
Fresno Pacific University Fresno 909
Golden Gate University San Francisco 628
Harvey Mudd College Claremont 310
Hope International University Fullerton 1395
Humphreys University Stockton 1592
Irell and Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences Duarte 1706
Jessup University Rocklin 1237
John Paul the Great Catholic University Escondido 1563
Keck Graduate Institute Claremont 1007
La Sierra University Riverside 999
Laguna College of Art and Design Laguna Beach 1589
Life Pacific University San Dimas 1621
Loma Linda University Loma Linda 382
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles 238
Marshall B. Ketchum University Fullerton 1475
Menlo College Atherton 1328
Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles 1232
National University La Jolla 277
Naval Postgraduate School Monterey 430
NewSchool of Architecture and Design San Diego 1390
Notre Dame de Namur University Belmont 1252
Occidental College Los Angeles 424
Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles 758
Pacific Oaks College Pasadena 1530
Pacific Union College Angwin 954
Pacifica Graduate Institute Carpinteria 1412
Palo Alto University Palo Alto 1183
Pepperdine University Malibu 244
Pitzer College Claremont 439
Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego 755
Pomona College Claremont 318
RAND School of Public Policy Santa Monica 1629
Saint Mary's College of California Moraga 626
Samuel Merritt University Oakland 1185
San Diego Christian College Santee 1619
San Diego State University San Diego 97
San Francisco Conservatory of Music San Francisco 989
San Francisco State University San Francisco 137
San Joaquin College of Law Clovis 1623
San José State University San Jose 128
Santa Clara University Santa Clara 156
Saybrook University Pasadena 1325
Scripps College Claremont 884
Simpson University Redding 1533
Sofia University Palo Alto 1581
Soka University of America Aliso Viejo 1063
Sonoma State University Rohnert Park 286
Southern California Institute of Architecture Los Angeles 976
Southwestern Law School Los Angeles 1017
Stanford University Stanford 3
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Los Angeles 1060
The Master's University Santa Clarita 1061
The University of West Los Angeles Inglewood 1674
The Wright Institute Berkeley 1599
Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula 1250
Thomas Jefferson School of Law San Diego 1434
Touro University California Vallejo 1452
United States University San Diego 1655
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco San Francisco 263
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley 5
University of California, Davis Davis 22
University of California, Irvine Irvine 37
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles 11
University of California, Merced Merced 249
University of California, Riverside Riverside 79
University of California, San Diego San Diego 19
University of California, San Francisco San Francisco 67
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara 45
University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz 80
University of La Verne La Verne 786
University of Massachusetts Global Irvine 693
University of Redlands Redlands 662
University of San Diego San Diego 217
University of San Francisco San Francisco 212
University of Silicon Valley San Jose 1463
University of Southern California Los Angeles 23
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences San Marcos 564
University of the Pacific Stockton 389
University of the West Rosemead 1514
Vanguard University of Southern California Costa Mesa 1031
West Coast University-Los Angeles North Hollywood 1014
Western University of Health Sciences Pomona 771
Westmont College Santa Barbara 747
Whittier College Whittier 840
Woodbury University Burbank 1215
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