List of colleges and universities in California

This is a list of colleges and universities in California.

Federal institutions

Graduate institutions

Naval Postgraduate School

Other academic institutions

Defense Language Institute

State institutions

Two-year institutions

See: List of California Community Colleges

Four-year institutions

University of California

Name	City	County	Enrollment Fall 2022	Founded	Athletics
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley	Alameda	45,307	1869	NCAA Div. I
University of California, Davis	Davis	Yolo	39,679	1905	NCAA Div. I
University of California, Irvine	Irvine	Orange	35,937	1965	NCAA Div. I
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Los Angeles	46,430	1882*	NCAA Div. I
University of California, Merced	Merced	Merced	9,110	2005	NCAA Div. II
University of California, Riverside	Riverside	Riverside	26,809	1954	NCAA Div. I
University of California, San Diego	San Diego	San Diego	42,006	1960	NCAA Div. I
University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	26,420	1891**	NCAA Div. I
University of California, Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	19,478	1965	NCAA Div. III

*University of California, Los Angeles was founded in 1882 as the southern branch of the California State Normal School. It joined the University of California system in 1919 as the southern branch of the University of California.
**University of California, Santa Barbara was founded in 1891 as an independent teachers' college. It joined the University of California system in 1944.

California State University

Name	City	County	Enrollment	Founded	Athletics
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	22,000	1901*	NCAA Div. I
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt	Arcata	Humboldt	6,025	1913	NCAA Div. II
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Pomona	Los Angeles	27,503	1938**	NCAA Div. II
California State University, Bakersfield	Bakersfield	Kern	9,613	1965	NCAA Div. I
California State University Channel Islands	Camarillo	Ventura	6,128	2002	-
California State University, Chico	Chico	Butte	14,183	1887	NCAA Div. II
California State University, Dominguez Hills	Carson	Los Angeles	16,426	1960	NCAA Div. II
California State University, East Bay	Hayward	Alameda	13,673	1957	NCAA Div. II
California State University, Fresno	Fresno	Fresno	23,999	1911	NCAA Div. I
California State University, Fullerton	Fullerton	Orange	40,386	1957	NCAA Div. I
California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach	Los Angeles	38,973	1949	NCAA Div. I
California State University, Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Los Angeles	26,460	1947	NCAA Div. II
California State University Maritime Academy	Vallejo	Solano	1,017	1929	NAIA
Monterey Bay">Monterey, California">Monterey Bay	Seaside-Marina	Monterey	7,045	1994	NCAA Div. II
California State University, Northridge	Northridge	Los Angeles	37,579	1958	NCAA Div. I
California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento	Sacramento	31,818	1947	NCAA Div. I
California State University, San Bernardino	San Bernardino	San Bernardino	19,803	1965	NCAA Div. II
California State University San Marcos	San Marcos	San Diego	15,109	1988	NCAA Div. II
California State University, Stanislaus	Turlock	Stanislaus	10,154	1957	NCAA Div. II
San Diego State University	San Diego	San Diego	37,402	1897	NCAA Div. I
San Francisco State University	San Francisco	San Francisco	25,282	1899	NCAA Div. II
San Jose State University	San Jose	Santa Clara	35,751	1857	NCAA Div. I
Sonoma State University	Rohnert Park	Sonoma	6,637	1960	NCAA Div. II

*California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo was founded as a vocational high school. It became a vocational school in 1924, and then started awarding bachelor's degrees in 1940.
**California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, was founded as a southern branch of California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo in 1938, but became independent in 1966.