Colleges in California
California has 442 degree-granting colleges and universities in the federal directory: 154 public, 147 private nonprofit and 141 for-profit. Together they enroll about 2,087,000 undergraduates. Largest by enrollment: California State University, Fullerton, with 38,546. They're listed A to Z: the Almanac doesn't rank colleges.
CollegeNet price Admit rate Graduation Undergrads
Academy for Jewish Religion CaliforniaLos Angeles · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedAcademy of Chinese Culture and Health SciencesOakland · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedAcupuncture and Integrative Medicine College, BerkeleyBerkeley · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedAlder Graduate School of EducationRedwood City · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedAlliant International University, San DiegoSan Diego · Private for-profit
Not reported0%Not reported391American Career College, Los AngelesLos Angeles · Private for-profit
$35,032Not reportedNot reported2,168American College of Healthcare and TechnologyRiverside · Private for-profit
$23,009Not reportedNot reported272American Film Institute ConservatoryLos Angeles · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedAmerican University of Health SciencesSignal Hill · Private for-profit
Not reported50%Not reported351Antioch University, Los AngelesCulver City · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported60Antioch University, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported55Cal Northern School of LawChico · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedCalifornia Health Sciences UniversityClovis · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedCalifornia Institute of Advanced ManagementAlhambra · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedCalifornia Institute of Arts & TechnologyNational City · Private for-profit
$43,710Not reported62%2,112California Institute of Integral StudiesSan Francisco · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported38California University of Science and MedicineColton · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedCalifornia Western School of LawSan Diego · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedCarrington College, BakersfieldBakersfield · Private for-profit
$47,092Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedCarrington College, HesperiaHesperia · Private for-profit
$48,662Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedCarrington College, LancasterLancaster · Private for-profit
$48,514Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedCarrington College, Pleasant Hill CampusPleasant Hill · Private for-profit
$47,124Not reportedNot reported412Carrington College, Rancho CordovaRancho Cordova · Private for-profit
$50,520Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedCarrington College, Rancho MirageRancho Mirage · Private for-profit
$49,438Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedCarrington College, San Leandro CampusSan Leandro · Private for-profit
$46,849Not reportedNot reported326Carrington College, Santa MariaSanta Maria · Private for-profit
$48,514Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedCarrington College, TemeculaTemecula · Private for-profit
$49,155Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedChurch Divinity School of the PacificBerkeley · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedClaremont Graduate UniversityClaremont · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedClaremont School of TheologyLos Angeles · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedConcorde Career College, North HollywoodNorth Hollywood · Private for-profit
$26,872100%Not reported158Contra Costa Medical Career CollegeAntioch · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported556DHARMA REALM BUDDHIST UNIVERSITYUkiah · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedDominican School of Philosophy & TheologyBerkeley · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedDongguk University Los AngelesLos Angeles · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedFielding Graduate UniversitySanta Barbara · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedFive Branches UniversitySanta Cruz · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedFranciscan School of TheologySan Diego · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedFuller Theological SeminaryPasadena · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedGlendale Career College-North-West College, BakersfieldBakersfield · Private for-profit
$52,725Not reportedNot reported493Glendale Career College-North-West College, MFSONWest Covina · Private for-profit
$50,349Not reportedNot reported290Glendale Career College-North-West College, MFSON-RiversideRiverside · Private for-profit
$56,874Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedGraduate Theological UnionBerkeley · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedHigh Tech High Graduate School of EducationSan Diego · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedInstitute for Business and TechnologySan Jose · Private for-profit
$27,097Not reportedNot reported765Keck Graduate InstituteClaremont · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedLife Chiropractic College WestHayward · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedLos Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied HealthLos Angeles · Public
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported204Marshall B Ketchum UniversityFullerton · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedMiddlebury Institute of International Studies at MontereyMonterey · Private nonprofit
Not reported11%Not reported4Pacific School of ReligionBerkeley · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedPacifica Graduate InstituteSanta Barbara CA · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedPima Medical Institute, Chula VistaChula Vista · Private for-profit
$48,917Not reportedNot reported537RAND School of Public PolicySanta Monica · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedSan Joaquin College of LawClovis · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedSan Joaquin Valley College, BakersfieldBakersfield · Private for-profit
$22,588Not reportedNot reported798San Joaquin Valley College, LancasterLancaster · Private for-profit
$28,061Not reportedNot reported257San Joaquin Valley College, Rancho CordovaRancho Cordova · Private for-profit
$27,631Not reportedNot reported224San Joaquin Valley College, Rancho MirageRancho Mirage · Private for-profit
$29,479Not reportedNot reported305San Joaquin Valley College, SacramentoSacramento · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedSan Joaquin Valley College, San LeandroSan Leandro · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedSan Joaquin Valley College, Santa MariaSanta Maria · Private for-profit
$20,870Not reportedNot reported114San Joaquin Valley College, Trades Education CenterFresno · Private for-profit
$28,609Not reportedNot reported364Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery InstituteLa Jolla · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedSouthern California Health InstituteNorth Hollywood · Private for-profit
$30,624Not reportedNot reported156Southern California University of Health SciencesWhittier · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported158Southwestern Law SchoolLos Angeles · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedSpartan College of Aeronautics & TechnologyInglewood · Private for-profit
$35,589Not reportedNot reported411Starr King School for the MinistryOakland · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedThe Colleges of Law at Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedThe Colleges of Law at VenturaVentura · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedThomas Jefferson School of LawSan Diego · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedUniversal Technical Institute of California IncRancho Cucamonga · Private for-profit
$28,050Not reportedNot reported1,553Universal Technical Institute of Northern California IncSacramento · Private for-profit
$31,551Not reportedNot reported1,214Universal Technical Institute, Southern CaliforniaLong Beach · Private for-profit
$31,974Not reportedNot reported1,701University of California College of the Law, San FranciscoSan Francisco · Public
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan Francisco · Public
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedUniversity of East-West MedicineSunnyvale · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedUniversity of St. Augustine for Health SciencesSan Marcos · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedWest Coast University, Center for Graduate StudiesLos Angeles · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedWest Coast University, Los AngelesNorth Hollywood · Private for-profit
$50,529Not reported57%Not reportedWestern University of Health SciencesPomona · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedWestminster Theological Seminary in CaliforniaEscondido · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedYeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical SeminaryLos Angeles · Private nonprofit
$15,23558%27%163Yo San University of Traditional Chinese MedicineLos Angeles · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedYoung Americans College of the Performing ArtsCorona · Private nonprofit
Not reported100%Not reported15Source: College Scorecard ↗, released October 15, 2026, and IPEDS ↗. Net price is the average for first-year students who received aid, in the latest year each college reported; admit rate is for students entering in fall 2024; graduation is for 2019 entrants; undergraduates are for fall 2024. A dash means the college didn't report the figure.