This is a list of colleges and universities in California:

• Academy of Art University
• Alliant International University
• Antioch University Southern California
• Art Center College of Design
• Azusa Pacific University
• Bethany College
• Biola University
• California Baptist University
• California College of Arts and Crafts
• California Culinary Academy
• California Institute of the Arts
• California Institute of Integral Studies
• California Institute of Technology
• California Lutheran University
• California National University
• California Pacific University
• California State University
  • California State University, Bakersfield
  • California Maritime Academy
  • California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • California State University, Channel Islands
  • California State University, Chico
  • California State University, Dominguez Hills
  • California State University, Fresno
  • California State University, Fullerton
  • California State University, Hayward
  • California State University, Long Beach
  • California State University, Los Angeles
  • California State University, Monterey Bay
  • California State University, Northridge
  • California State University, Sacramento
  • California State University, San Bernardino
  • California State University, San Marcos
  • California State University, Stanislaus
  • Humboldt State University
  • San Diego State University
  • San Francisco State University
  • San Jose State University
  • Sonoma State University
• Cerritos College
• Chapman University
• Christian Heritage College
• Claremont Consortium of Colleges
  • Claremont Graduate University
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Pitzer College
  • Pomona College
  • Scripps College
• Cogswell College
• Compton College
• Concordia University Irvine
• Culinary Institute of America at Greystone
• Cypress College
• Defense Language Institute
• De Anza College
• DeVry University, Fremont
• Dominican University of California
• Fielding Graduate Institute
• Foothill College
• Fresno Pacific University
• Fullerton Community College
• Fuller Theological Seminary
• Golden Gate University
• Golden West College
• Holy Names College
• Hope International University
• Humphreys College
• Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
• Irvine Valley College
• John F. Kennedy University
• Life Pacific College
• La Sierra University
• Lincoln University
• Loma Linda University
• Loyola Marymount University
• Marymount College
• The Master's College
• The Master's Seminary
• Menlo College
• Mills College
• Monterey Institute of International Studies
• Mount St. Mary's College
• National Hispanic University
• National University
• Naval Postgraduate School
• New College of California
• Northwestern Polytechnic University
• Notre Dame de Namur University
• Occidental College
• Orange Coast College
• Otis College of Art and Design
• Pacific Oaks College
• Pacific Union College
• Pacifica Graduate Institute
• Patten College
• Pepperdine University
• Platt College
• Point Loma Nazarene University
• Saddleback College
• Saint Mary's College of California
• Samuel Merritt College
• San Jose Christian College
• Santa Ana College
• Santa Clara University
• Santa Monica College
• Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
• Simpson College
• Southern California Institute of Architecture
• Southwestern University School of Law
• Stanford University
• Thomas Aquinas College
• University of California
  • University of California, Berkeley (Cal)
  • University of California, Davis (UCD)
  • University of California, Irvine (UCI)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
  • University of California, Merced (UCM)
  • University of California, Riverside (UCR)
  • University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
  • University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
• University of Judaism
• University of La Verne
• University of Northern California
• University of the Pacific
• University of Redlands
• University of San Diego
• University of San Francisco
• University of Southern California
• University of West Los Angeles
• Vanguard University of Southern California
• West Los Angeles College
• West Valley College
• Western University of Health Sciences
• Westminster Theological Seminary in California
• Westmont College
• Whittier College
• William Howard Taft University
• Woodbury University