Despite its limited geographical space, San Francisco, California is home to a multitude of colleges and universities.
Public colleges and universities include:
- City College of San Francisco, one of the largest community colleges in the country; in Ingleside, with several extension campuses
- San Francisco State University, in the southwest corner of the city near Lake Merced
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, located downtown at its Civic Center
- University of California, San Francisco, primarily a graduate level health-sciences school, located in the Parnassus Heights/Inner Sunset neighborhood and in Mission Bay, San Francisco, California.
Private colleges and universities:
- Academy of Art University
- Alliant International University, formerly California School of Professional Psychology
- Art Institute of California - San Francisco, a private campus which focuses on video game and design-based education (interior, fashion etc.)
- Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, part of the University of the Pacific
- California College of the Arts, an Oakland-based school
- California Institute of Integral Studies, in downtown San Francisco
- DeVry University
- The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM)
- Golden Gate University, a private, nonsectarian university located in the Financial District of Downtown San Francisco
- Heald College, in the Financial District
- Hult International Business School (Hult San Francisco Campus)
- Minerva Schools at KGI
- New College of California, now defunct, was located in the Mission District
- Presidio Graduate School
- San Francisco Art Institute, now bankrupt
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music
- San Francisco Law School
- San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
- Saybrook University
- University of San Francisco, Jesuit-run; located on Lone Mountain
- Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, in the Financial District
Name | Public or private | Type | Founded | Enrollment | Colors |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
San Francisco State University | Public | 1899 | 27,815 | ||
University of San Francisco | Private | 1855 | 11,086 | ||
Golden Gate University | Private | 1901 | 5,120 | ||
University of California, San Francisco | Public | Medical school | 1864 | 5,908 | |
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco | Public | Law school | 1878 | ≈1,000 | |
San Francisco Conservatory of Music | Private | Music conservatory | 1917 | ≈500 | |
Academy of Art University | Private | Art school | 1929 | 7,649 | |
California College of the Arts | Private | Art school | 1907 | 1,930 | |
University of the Pacific (San Francisco Campus) | Private | 1851 | N/A | ||
Hult International Business School (San Francisco Campus) | Private | Business school | 1964 | N/A | |
Presidio Graduate School | Private | Sustainable business school | 2002 | 152 | |
California Institute of Integral Studies | Private | Graduate school | 1968 | 1,833 | |
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School (San Francisco Campus) | Private | Business school | 1881 | ≈300 | |
City College of San Francisco | Public | Community college | 1935 | 61,452 |