List of colleges and universities in San Francisco

Not to be confused with List of colleges and universities in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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, coeducational 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

Table of the Universities and Colleges in San Francisco

Name	Type	Founded	Enrollment	Colors
City College of San Francisco	Public community college	1935	61,452
San Francisco State University	Public	1899	27,815
University of San Francisco	Private	1855	11,086
Academy of Art University	Private art school	1929	7,649
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
Golden Gate University	Private	1901	5,120
San Francisco Conservatory of Music	Private music conservatory	1917	≈500
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
Wharton School (San Francisco Campus)	Private business school	1881	≈300

See also

• List of colleges and universities in California