Name |
City |
County |
Founded |
Carnegie Classification [1] |
Type [2] |
Athletics |
Affiliation |
Notes |
Academy of Art University |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1929 |
Special Focus Institutions (Arts) |
for-profit |
NCAA Div. II |
--- |
--- |
Alliant International University |
San Diego |
San Diego |
1952 |
Doctoral/Research University |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
American Heritage University of Southern California |
Ontario |
San Bernardino |
2003 |
--- |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
American Jewish University |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
1947 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
Judaism |
--- |
Anaheim University |
Anaheim |
Los Angeles |
1996 |
Master's Colleges and Universities |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Antioch University Los Angeles |
Culver City |
Los Angeles |
1972 |
Master's Colleges and Universities |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Argosy University |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
2001 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Art Center College of Design |
Pasadena |
Los Angeles |
1930 |
Special Focus Institutions (Arts) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Azusa Pacific University |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
1899 |
Doctoral/Research University |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. II |
Christian (Inter-denominational) |
--- |
Berean Bible College |
Poway |
San Diego |
1971 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Biola University |
La Mirada |
Los Angeles |
1908 |
Doctoral/Research University |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
Evangelical Christian |
--- |
Brandman University |
Irvine |
Orange |
2009 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Brooks Institute |
Ventura |
Ventura |
1945 |
Special Focus Institutions (Arts) |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
Arts |
California Baptist University |
Riverside |
Riverside |
1950 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. II |
--- |
--- |
California College of the Arts |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1907 |
Special Focus Institutions (Arts) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
California College San Diego |
San Diego |
San Diego |
1978 |
Special Focus Institutions (Health) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
California Institute of Integral Studies |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1968 |
Doctoral/Research University |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
California Institute of Technology |
Pasadena |
Los Angeles |
1891 |
Research University (Very High) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
--- |
--- |
California Institute of the Arts |
Valencia |
Los Angeles |
1961 |
Special Focus Institutions (Arts) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
California Lutheran University |
Thousand Oaks |
Ventura |
1959 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
--- |
--- |
California Miramar University |
San Diego |
San Diego |
2005 |
--- |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
California Pacific University |
Pinole |
Contra Costa |
1976 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
California South Bay University |
Sunnyvale |
Santa Clara |
2007 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
unaccredited |
California Southern Law School |
Riverside |
Riverside |
1971 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Law |
California University of Management and Sciences |
Anaheim |
Orange |
1998 |
--- |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
California University of Management and Technology |
San Jose |
Santa Clara |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Chapman University |
Orange |
Orange |
1861 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
--- |
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science |
Willowbrook |
Los Angeles |
1966 |
Special Focus Institutions (Health) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
HBCU |
--- |
Claremont Graduate University |
Claremont |
Los Angeles |
1925 |
Research University (Very High) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
Claremont Colleges |
--- |
Claremont McKenna College |
Claremont |
Los Angeles |
1946 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
Claremont Colleges |
--- |
Cogswell Polytechnical College |
Sunnyvale |
Santa Clara |
1887 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Diverse Fields) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Concordia University Irvine |
Irvine |
Orange |
1976 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod |
--- |
Culinary Institute of America at Greystone |
St. Helena |
Napa |
1995 |
Special Focus Institutions (Other) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Deep Springs College |
Deep Springs |
Inyo |
1917 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Design Institute of San Diego |
San Diego |
San Diego |
--- |
Special Focus Institutions (Arts) |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Dominican University of California |
San Rafael |
Marin |
1890 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Medium) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. II |
--- |
--- |
Drexel University Sacramento |
Sacramento |
Sacramento |
2009 |
Research University (Very High) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
Closed |
Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine |
Santa Monica |
Los Angeles |
1983 |
Special Focus Institutions (Health) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
Oriental medicine |
Epic Bible College |
Sacramento |
Sacramento |
1974 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
1969 |
Special Focus Institutions (Arts) |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Fresno Pacific University |
Fresno |
Fresno |
1944 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Medium) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. II |
--- |
--- |
Fuller Theological Seminary |
Pasadena |
Los Angeles |
1947 |
Special Focus Institutions (Faith) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Golden Gate University |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1901 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Graduate Theological Union |
Berkeley |
Alameda |
1962 |
Special Focus Institutions (Faith) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Harvey Mudd College |
Claremont |
Los Angeles |
1955 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
Claremont Colleges |
--- |
Herguan University |
Sunnyvale |
Santa Clara |
2008 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Holy Names University |
Oakland |
Alameda |
1868 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Medium) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
Roman Catholic (Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary) |
--- |
Hope International University |
Fullerton |
Orange |
1928 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Diverse Fields) |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
--- |
--- |
Hult International Business School |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1964 |
Master's Colleges and Universities |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Humphreys College |
Stockton |
San Joaquin |
1896 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Diverse Fields) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
ICDC College |
Huntington Park |
Los Angeles |
1995 |
Associate's (Private For-Profit) |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Imago Dei College |
Oak Glen |
San Bernardino |
2010 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical |
--- |
International Technological University |
San Jose |
Santa Clara |
1994 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Medium) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
John F. Kennedy University |
Pleasant Hill |
Contra Costa |
1964 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Medium) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
John Paul the Great Catholic University |
Escondido |
San Diego |
2003 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences |
Claremont |
Los Angeles |
1997 |
S-Postbac/Other: Single postbaccalaureate (other field) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
Claremont Colleges |
--- |
La Sierra University |
Riverside |
Riverside |
1992 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Medium) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
--- |
Laguna College of Art and Design |
Laguna Beach |
Orange |
1961 |
Special Focus Institutions (Arts) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Life Pacific College |
San Dimas |
Los Angeles |
1923 |
Special Focus Institutions (Faith) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Lincoln University |
Oakland |
Alameda |
1926 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Small) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Loma Linda University |
Loma Linda |
San Bernardino |
1905 |
Special Focus Institutions (Medical) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
--- |
Los Angeles College of Music |
Pasadena |
Los Angeles |
1996 |
--- |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
Music |
Loyola Marymount University |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
1911 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. I |
Roman Catholic |
--- |
Marymount College |
Rancho Palos Verdes |
Los Angeles |
1932 |
Associate's (Private For-Profit) |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
--- |
--- |
Master's College |
Santa Clarita |
Los Angeles |
1927 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Diverse Fields) |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
--- |
--- |
Menlo College |
Atherton |
San Mateo |
1927 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Diverse Fields) |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
--- |
--- |
Mills College |
Oakland |
Alameda |
1852 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Medium) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
--- |
--- |
Monterey Institute of International Studies |
Monterey |
Monterey |
1955 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Mount St. Mary's College |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
1925 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Small) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
National Hispanic University |
San Jose |
Santa Clara |
1981 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
Closed |
National University |
La Jolla |
San Diego |
1971 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
New York Film Academy |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
1992 |
--- |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
Film |
NewSchool of Architecture and Design |
San Diego |
San Diego |
1980 |
Special Focus Institutions (Arts) |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Northwestern Polytechnic University |
Fremont |
Alameda |
1984 |
Special Focus Institutions (Engineering) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Notre Dame de Namur University |
Belmont |
San Mateo |
1851 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Medium) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. II |
Roman Catholic |
--- |
Occidental College |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
1887 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
--- |
--- |
Otis College of Art and Design |
Westchester |
Los Angeles |
1918 |
Special Focus Institutions (Arts) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Pacific Oaks College |
Pasadena |
Los Angeles |
1958 |
Special Focus Institutions (Other) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Pacific School of Religion |
Berkeley |
Alameda |
1866 |
Special Focus Institutions (Faith) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Pacific Union College |
Angwin |
Napa |
1882 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
--- |
--- |
Pacifica Graduate Institute |
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
1976 |
Doctoral/Research University |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Palo Alto University |
Palo Alto |
Santa Clara |
1975 |
Special Focus Institutions (Health) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Patten University |
Oakland |
Alameda |
1944 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Diverse Fields) |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Pepperdine University |
Malibu |
Los Angeles |
1937 |
Doctoral/Research University |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. I |
Churches of Christ |
--- |
Pitzer College |
Claremont |
Los Angeles |
1963 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
Claremont Colleges |
--- |
Point Loma Nazarene University |
San Diego |
San Diego |
1902 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. II |
Nazarene |
--- |
Pomona College |
Claremont |
Los Angeles |
1887 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
Claremont Colleges |
--- |
Providence Christian College |
Pasadena |
Los Angeles |
2002 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Saint Mary's College of California |
Moraga |
Contra Costa |
1863 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. I |
Roman Catholic |
--- |
Samuel Merritt University |
Oakland |
Alameda |
1909 |
Special Focus Institutions (Health) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
San Diego Christian College |
Santee |
San Diego |
1970 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
--- |
--- |
San Diego University for Integrative Studies |
San Diego |
San Diego |
1999 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
San Francisco Institute of Architecture |
Berkeley |
Alameda |
1990 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
San Joaquin College of Law |
Clovis |
Fresno |
1969 |
Special Focus Institutions (Law) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
San Luis Rey College |
Oceanside |
San Diego |
1950 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Closed |
Santa Clara University |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara |
1851 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. I |
Roman Catholic (Jesuit) |
--- |
Saybrook University |
Oakland |
Alameda |
1971 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Scripps College |
Claremont |
Los Angeles |
1926 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
Claremont Colleges |
--- |
Silicon Valley University |
San Jose |
Santa Clara |
2015 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Small) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Simpson University |
Redding |
Shasta |
1921 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
--- |
--- |
Soka University of America |
Aliso Viejo |
Orange |
2001 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
--- |
--- |
Southern California Institute of Architecture |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
1972 |
Special Focus Institutions (Arts) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
Architecture |
Southern States University |
San Diego |
San Diego |
1983 |
--- |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Stanford University |
Stanford |
Santa Clara |
1891 |
Research University (Very High) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. I FBS |
--- |
--- |
Starr King School for the Ministry |
Berkeley |
Alameda |
1904 |
Special Focus Institutions (Faith) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
The Art Institute of California - San Francisco |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1997 |
Special Focus Institutions (Arts) |
for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Thomas Aquinas College |
Santa Paula |
Ventura |
1971 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Touro University California |
Vallejo |
Solano |
1997 |
--- |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Trident University International |
Orange |
--- |
University of La Verne |
La Verne |
Los Angeles |
1891 |
Doctoral/Research University |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
Church of the Brethren |
--- |
University of Northern California |
Petaluma |
Sonoma |
1993 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
University of Redlands |
Redlands |
San Bernardino |
1907 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Large) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
--- |
--- |
University of San Diego |
San Diego |
San Diego |
1949 |
Doctoral/Research University |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. I FCS |
Roman Catholic |
--- |
University of San Francisco |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1855 |
Doctoral/Research University |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. I |
Roman Catholic (Jesuit) |
--- |
University of Southern California |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
1880 |
Research University (Very High) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. I FBS |
--- |
--- |
University of the Pacific |
Stockton |
San Joaquin |
1851 |
Doctoral/Research University |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. I |
--- |
--- |
University of the West |
Rosemead |
Los Angeles |
1990 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Diverse Fields) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
University of West Los Angeles |
Inglewood |
Los Angeles |
1966 |
Special Focus Institutions (Law) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Vanguard University of Southern California |
Costa Mesa |
Orange |
1920 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Diverse Fields) |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
Assemblies of God |
--- |
Western Seminary Sacramento Campus |
Sacramento |
Sacramento |
1927 |
Special Focus Institutions (Faith) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Western Seminary San Jose Campus |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara |
1927 |
Special Focus Institutions (Faith) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Western University of Health Sciences |
Pomona |
Los Angeles |
1977 |
Special Focus Institutions (Medical) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Westmont College |
Montecito |
Santa Barbara |
1937 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
--- |
--- |
Whittier College |
Whittier |
Los Angeles |
1887 |
Baccalaureate Colleges (Arts & Sciences) |
not-for-profit |
NCAA Div. III |
--- |
--- |
William Jessup University |
Rocklin |
Sacramento |
1939 |
Special Focus Institutions (Faith) |
not-for-profit |
NAIA |
--- |
--- |
Woodbury University |
Burbank |
Los Angeles |
1884 |
Master's Colleges and Universities (Medium) |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Zaytuna College |
Berkeley |
Alameda |
2008 |
--- |
not-for-profit |
--- |
--- |
--- |