Despite its limited geographical space, San Francisco, California is home to over a dozen colleges and universities. Within Downtown San Francisco alone, there are institutions that serve over 13,000 enrolled students.
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 and with a downtown campus since 2007 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 Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, part of the University of the Pacific California College of the Arts - closing in 2027 California Institute of Integral Studies, in downtown San Francisco Golden Gate University Hult International Business School (Hult San Francisco Campus) Minerva Schools at KGI Notre Dame de Namur University San Francisco Conservatory of Music San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking University of San Francisco, Jesuit-run; located on Lone Mountain Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Private colleges and universities which were previously in San Francisco: Art Institute of California - San Francisco, now closed California Culinary Academy, now closed California School of Professional Psychology, now part of Alliant International University, in Emeryville, CA DeVry University, no longer in San Francisco The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), now closed Heald College, now closed New College of California, now closed Presidio Graduate School, now part of University of Redlands, and moved to San Anselmo, CA San Francisco Art Institute, now closed San Francisco Law School, now part of Alliant International University, in Emeryville, CA Saybrook University, now in Oakland
+ Table of the Universities and Colleges in San Francisco Name Public or private Type Founded Enrollment Colors San Francisco State University Public 1899 27,815 University of San Francisco Private 1855 11,086 Minerva University Private 2012 ≈1,000 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 2010 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 2001 ≈300 City College of San Francisco Public Community college 1935 61,452
See also List of colleges and universities in California
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