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Institution	City	Control	Notes
Abraham Lincoln University	Glendale	Private for-profit
Academy for Jewish Religion California	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Academy of Art University	San Francisco	Private for-profit
Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences	Oakland	Private nonprofit
Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley	Berkeley	Private nonprofit
Agape College of Business and Science	Fresno	Private nonprofit
Alder Graduate School of Education	Redwood City	Private nonprofit
Alhambra Medical University	Alhambra	Private for-profit
Alliant International University-San Diego	San Diego	Private for-profit
America Evangelical University	Gardena	Private nonprofit
American Film Institute Conservatory	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
American Jewish University	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
American Medical Sciences Center	Glendale	Private for-profit
American University of Health Sciences	Signal Hill	Private for-profit
Angeles College	Los Angeles	Private for-profit
Antelope Valley Community College District	Lancaster	Public
Antioch University-Los Angeles	Culver City	Private nonprofit
Antioch University-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	Private nonprofit
Arizona College of Nursing-Ontario	Ontario	Private for-profit
Art Center College of Design	Pasadena	Private nonprofit
Ashford University	San Diego	Private for-profit
ATI College-Whittier	Whitter	Private for-profit
Azusa Pacific University	Azusa	Private nonprofit
Bakersfield College	Bakersfield	Public
Berkeley School of Theology	Berkeley	Private nonprofit
Bethesda University	Anaheim	Private nonprofit
Biola University	La Mirada	Private nonprofit
Cal Northern School of Law	Chico	Private for-profit
California Aeronautical University	Bakersfield	Private for-profit
California Baptist University	Riverside	Private nonprofit
California Career College	Canoga Park	Private for-profit
California College of ASU	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
California College of the Arts	San Francisco	Private nonprofit
California Health Sciences University	Clovis	Private for-profit	Medical school
California Institute of Advanced Management	Alhambra	Private nonprofit
California Institute of Arts & Technology	National City	Private for-profit
California Institute of Arts & Technology-National City	National City	Private for-profit
California Institute of Integral Studies	San Francisco	Private nonprofit
California Institute of Technology	Pasadena	Private nonprofit
California Institute of the Arts	Valencia	Private nonprofit
California Jazz Conservatory	Berkeley	Private nonprofit
California Lutheran University	Thousand Oaks	Private nonprofit
California Miramar University	San Diego	Private for-profit
California Northstate University	Elk Grove	Private for-profit	Medical school
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	Public
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt	Arcata	Public
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Pomona	Public
California State University Maritime Academy	Vallejo	Public
California State University-Bakersfield	Bakersfield	Public
California State University-Chancellors Office	Long Beach	Public
California State University-Channel Islands	Camarillo	Public
California State University-Chico	Chico	Public
California State University-Dominguez Hills	Carson	Public
California State University-East Bay	Hayward	Public
California State University-Fresno	Fresno	Public
California State University-Fullerton	Fullerton	Public
California State University-Long Beach	Long Beach	Public
California State University-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public
California State University-Monterey Bay	Seaside	Public
California State University-Northridge	Northridge	Public
California State University-Sacramento	Sacramento	Public
California State University-San Bernardino	San Bernardino	Public
California State University-San Marcos	San Marcos	Public
California State University-Stanislaus	Turlock	Public
California University of Science and Medicine	Colton	Private nonprofit	Medical school
California Western School of Law	San Diego	Private nonprofit
Career Networks Institute	Santa Ana	Private for-profit
Carrington College-Administrative Office	Sacramento	Private for-profit
Carrington College-Sacramento	Sacramento	Private for-profit
Casa Loma College-Los Angeles	Sherman Oaks	Private nonprofit
CBD College	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Chamberlain University-California	Rancho Cordova	Private for-profit
Chapman University	Orange	Private nonprofit
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit	Medical school
Church Divinity School of the Pacific	Berkeley	Private nonprofit
Claremont Graduate University	Claremont	Private nonprofit
Claremont Lincoln University	Claremont	Private nonprofit
Claremont McKenna College	Claremont	Private nonprofit
Claremont School of Theology	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Concordia University-Irvine	Irvine	Private nonprofit
Crafton Hills College	Yucaipa	Public
Cypress College	Cypress	Public
Daybreak University	Anaheim	Private nonprofit
Design Institute of San Diego	San Diego	Private for-profit
DeVry University-California	Ontario	Private for-profit
DHARMA REALM BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY	Ukiah	Private nonprofit
Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology	Berkeley	Private nonprofit
Dominican University of California	San Rafael	Private nonprofit
Dongguk University Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
EDvance College	San Francisco	Private nonprofit
Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine	Santa Monica	Private for-profit
Epic Bible College & Graduate School	Sacramento	Private nonprofit
Feather River Community College District	Quincy	Public
FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising	Los Angeles	Private for-profit
Fielding Graduate University	Santa Barbara	Private nonprofit
Five Branches University	Santa Cruz	Private for-profit
Foothill College	Los Altos Hills	Public
Foothill-De Anza Community College District	Los Altos Hills	Public
Franciscan School of Theology	San Diego	Private nonprofit
Fremont University	Cerritos	Private for-profit
Fresno City College	Fresno	Public
Fresno Pacific University	Fresno	Private nonprofit
Fuller Theological Seminary	Pasadena	Private nonprofit
Glendale Career College	Glendale	Private for-profit
Gnomon	North Hollywood	Private for-profit
Golden Gate University	San Francisco	Private nonprofit
Grace Mission University	Fullerton	Private nonprofit
Graduate Theological Union	Berkeley	Private nonprofit
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts	San Jose	Private for-profit
Harvey Mudd College	Claremont	Private nonprofit
Haven University	Garden Grove	Private nonprofit
High Tech High Graduate School of Education	San Diego	Private nonprofit
Homestead Schools	Torrance	Private nonprofit
Hope International University	Fullerton	Private nonprofit
Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses	Stockton	Private nonprofit
Institute of Buddhist Studies	Berkeley	Private nonprofit
Integrity College of Health	Pasadena	Private for-profit
InterCoast Colleges-West Covina	West Covina	Private for-profit
Interior Designers Institute	Newport Beach	Private for-profit
John Paul the Great Catholic University	Escondido	Private nonprofit
Keck Graduate Institute	Claremont	Private nonprofit
La Sierra University	Riverside	Private nonprofit
Laguna College of Art and Design	Laguna Beach	Private nonprofit
Latin American Bible Institute	La Puente	Private nonprofit
Laurus College	San Luis Obispo	Private for-profit
Learnet Academy Inc	Los Angeles	Private for-profit
Life Chiropractic College West	Hayward	Private nonprofit
Life Pacific University	San Dimas	Private nonprofit
Lincoln University	Oakland	Private nonprofit
Lionel University	Carpinteria	Private for-profit
Loma Linda University	Loma Linda	Private nonprofit	Medical school
Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art	Van Nuys	Private for-profit
Los Angeles College of Music	Pasadena	Private for-profit
Los Angeles Community College District Office	Los Angeles	Public
Los Angeles Film School	Hollywood	Private for-profit
Los Angeles Mission College	Sylmar	Public
Los Angeles Pacific University	San Dimas	Private nonprofit
Los Angeles Valley College	Valley Glen	Public
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Marshall B Ketchum University	Fullerton	Private nonprofit
Menlo College	Atherton	Private nonprofit
Meridian University	Petaluma	Private for-profit
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey	Monterey	Private nonprofit
Minerva University	San Francisco	Private nonprofit
MiraCosta College	Oceanside	Public
Modesto Junior College	Modesto	Public
Moorpark College	Moorpark	Public
Mount Saint Mary's University	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Musicians Institute	Hollywood	Private for-profit
National University	San Diego	Private nonprofit
Naval Postgraduate School	Monterey	Public
New York Film Academy	Burbank	Private for-profit
Newschool of Architecture and Design	San Diego	Private for-profit
North Orange County Community College District	Anaheim	Public
North-West College-San Diego	San Diego	Private for-profit
Northcentral University	San Diego	Private nonprofit
Northeastern University Oakland	Oakland	Private nonprofit
Notre Dame de Namur University	Belmont	Private nonprofit
Oak Valley College	Rialto	Private nonprofit
Occidental College	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Otis College of Art and Design	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Pacific College	Costa Mesa	Private for-profit
Pacific College of Health and Science	San Diego	Private for-profit
Pacific Oaks College	Pasadena	Private nonprofit
Pacific School of Religion	Berkeley	Private nonprofit
Pacific States University	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Pacific Union College	Angwin	Private nonprofit
Pacifica Graduate Institute	Carpinteria	Private for-profit
Palo Alto University	Palo Alto	Private nonprofit
PCI College	Cerritos	Private for-profit
Pepperdine University	Malibu	Private nonprofit
Pitzer College	Claremont	Private nonprofit
Platt College-Anaheim	Anaheim	Private for-profit
Platt College-Los Angeles	Alhambra	Private for-profit
Platt College-Ontario	Ontario	Private for-profit
Platt College-Riverside	Riverside	Private for-profit
Point Loma Nazarene University	San Diego	Private nonprofit
Pomona College	Claremont	Private nonprofit
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America	Santa Fe Springs	Private nonprofit
Presidio Graduate School	San Anselmo	Private nonprofit
Providence Christian College	Pasadena	Private nonprofit
Rancho Santiago Community College District Office	Santa Ana	Public
RAND School of Public Policy	Santa Monica	Private nonprofit
Reach University	Oakland	Private nonprofit
Reiss-Davis Graduate School	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Rio Hondo College	Whittier	Public
Saint Mary's College of California	Moraga	Private nonprofit
Samuel Merritt University	Oakland	Private nonprofit
San Diego Christian College	Santee	Private nonprofit
San Diego Community College District-District Office	San Diego	Public
San Diego Global Knowledge University	San Diego	Private for-profit
San Diego Mesa College	San Diego	Public
San Diego State University	San Diego	Public
San Francisco Bay University	Fremont	Private nonprofit
San Francisco Conservatory of Music	San Francisco	Private nonprofit
San Francisco State University	San Francisco	Public
San Joaquin College of Law	Clovis	Private nonprofit
San Joaquin Valley College-Central Administrative Office	Visalia	Private for-profit
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia	Visalia	Private for-profit
San Jose State University	San Jose	Public
San Mateo County Community College District Office	San Mateo	Public
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	La Jolla	Private nonprofit
Santa Ana College	Santa Ana	Public
Santa Clara University	Santa Clara	Private nonprofit
Santa Monica College	Santa Monica	Public
Saybrook University	Pasadena	Private nonprofit
Scripps College	Claremont	Private nonprofit
Shasta Bible College and Graduate School	Redding	Private nonprofit
Shasta College	Redding	Public
Simpson University	Redding	Private nonprofit
Skyline College	San Bruno	Public
Smith Chason College	Los Angeles	Private for-profit
Sofia University	Palo Alto	Private for-profit
Soka University of America	Aliso Viejo	Private nonprofit
Solano Community College	Fairfield	Public
Sonoma State University	Rohnert Park	Public
South Baylo University	Anaheim	Private nonprofit
Southern California Institute of Architecture	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Southern California Institute of Technology	Anaheim	Private for-profit
Southern California Seminary	El Cajon	Private nonprofit
Southern California University of Health Sciences	Whittier	Private nonprofit
Southwestern Law School	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Stanbridge University	Irvine	Private for-profit
Stanford University	Stanford	Private nonprofit	Medical school
Starr King School for the Ministry	Oakland	Private nonprofit
State Center Community College District	Fresno	Public
SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary	El Dorado Hills	Private nonprofit
Taft College	Taft	Public
Teachers College of San Joaquin	Stockton	Public
The Chicago School at Anaheim	Anaheim	Private nonprofit
The Chicago School at Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
The Chicago School at San Diego	San Diego	Private nonprofit
The Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	Private nonprofit
The Colleges of Law at Ventura	Ventura	Private nonprofit
The Master's University and Seminary	Santa Clarita	Private nonprofit
The University of America	Temecula	Private nonprofit
The Wright Institute	Berkeley	Private nonprofit
Thomas Aquinas College	Santa Paula	Private nonprofit
Thomas Jefferson School of Law	San Diego	Private nonprofit
Touro University California	Vallejo	Private nonprofit	Medical school
Touro University Worldwide	Los Alamitos	Private nonprofit
Trinity Law School	Santa Ana	Private nonprofit
United States University	San Diego	Private for-profit
Unitek College	Fremont	Private for-profit
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco	San Francisco	Public
University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley	Public	Land-grant
University of California-Davis	Davis	Public	Land-grant; Medical school
University of California-Irvine	Irvine	Public	Land-grant; Medical school
University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public	Land-grant; Medical school
University of California-Merced	Merced	Public	Land-grant
University of California-Riverside	Riverside	Public	Land-grant; Medical school
University of California-San Diego	La Jolla	Public	Land-grant; Medical school
University of California-San Francisco	San Francisco	Public	Land-grant; Medical school
University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	Public	Land-grant
University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	Public	Land-grant
University of California-System Administration Central Office	Oakland	Public
University of East-West Medicine	Sunnyvale	Private for-profit
University of La Verne	La Verne	Private nonprofit
University of Massachusetts Global	Aliso Viejo	Public
University of Phoenix-California	Ontario	Private for-profit
University of Redlands	Redlands	Private nonprofit
University of San Diego	San Diego	Private nonprofit
University of San Francisco	San Francisco	Private nonprofit
University of Silicon Andhra	Milpitas	Private nonprofit
University of Silicon Valley	San Jose	Private for-profit
University of Southern California	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit	Medical school
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences	San Marcos	Private for-profit
University of the Pacific	Stockton	Private nonprofit	Medical school
University of the People	Pasadena	Private nonprofit
University of the West	Rosemead	Private nonprofit
University of West Los Angeles	Inglewood	Private for-profit
Vanguard University of Southern California	Costa Mesa	Private nonprofit
West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies	Los Angeles	Private for-profit
West Coast University-Los Angeles	North Hollywood	Private for-profit
West Coast University-Ontario	Ontario	Private for-profit
West Coast University-Orange County	Anaheim	Private for-profit
West Los Angeles College	Culver City	Public
Westcliff University	Irvine	Private for-profit
Western University of Health Sciences	Pomona	Private nonprofit	Medical school
Westminster Theological Seminary in California	Escondido	Private nonprofit
Westmont College	Santa Barbara	Private nonprofit
Whittier College	Whittier	Private nonprofit
William Jessup University	Rocklin	Private nonprofit
Woodbury University	Burbank	Private nonprofit
World Mission University	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit
Yosemite Community College District Office	Modesto	Public

System membership as recorded in the IPEDS directory. Counts are of four-year public members in this table only, so a system that also runs two-year campuses will show more members in its own materials.

System	Four-year public members here
California Community College System	20
California State University	24
Los Angeles Community College District	3
San Mateo County Community College District	1
University of California	11
University of Massachusetts	1

• NCES IPEDS, Institutional Characteristics directory (HD2024) — the federal directory of postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs. Every institution, city, control, and system value above is read directly from that file. Retrieved 2026-08-11 from nces.ed.gov/ipeds.
• Filters applied: currently active (CYACTIVE), degree-granting (DEGGRANT), and institutional level (ICLEVEL). Flags in the Notes column are the IPEDS HBCU, TRIBAL, LANDGRNT, and MEDICAL fields.

Institution names are IPEDS legal names and sometimes differ from the name a school markets under. Check the institution's own site before relying on any detail here.

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