List of colleges and universities in Southern California

This is a list of notable colleges and universities in southern California.

Colleges

Liberal arts colleges

• Claremont Colleges
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Pitzer College
  • Pomona College
  • Scripps College
• Soka University of America
• Occidental College
• Whittier College
• Thomas Aquinas College
• University of Redlands
• University of the West
• Westmont College
• Woodbury University

Law schools

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• Abraham Lincoln University School of Law – Los Angeles (Distance-learning)
• American College of Law – Orange
• American Heritage University School of Law and Public Policy – San Bernardino (Distance-learning)
• California Desert Trial Academy College of Law, Indio^[2]
• California Midland School of Law – Carlsbad (fixed facility & Distance-learning)
• California School of Law – Santa Barbara (Distance-learning)
• California Southern Law School – Riverside
• California Southern University – Irvine (Correspondence)
• California Western School of Law – San Diego
• Chapman University School of Law – Orange
• Concord Law School of Kaplan University – Los Angeles (Distance-learning)
• Glendale University College of Law – Glendale
• Inland Valley University College of Law – Upland
• Irvine University College of Law – Cerritos
• International Pacific School of Law – Los Angeles (Correspondence)
• Loyola Law School – Los Angeles
• McMillan Academy of Law – La Mesa
• MD Kirk School of Law – Los Angeles (Correspondence)
• Pacific Coast University School of Law – Long Beach
• Pacific West College of Law – Orange
• Peoples College of Law – Los Angeles
• Pepperdine University School of Law – Malibu
• Santa Barbara College of Law – Santa Barbara
• Southern California Institute of Law – Ventura & Santa Barbara
• Southwestern Law School – Los Angeles
• Taft Law School – Santa Ana (Correspondence)
• Thomas Jefferson School of Law – San Diego
• Trinity Law School – Santa Ana
• University of California, Irvine School of Law – Irvine
• University of California, Los Angeles School of Law – Los Angeles
• University of La Verne College of Law – La Verne
• University of Southern California Law School – Los Angeles
• University of West Los Angeles – Chatsworth & Inglewood
• University of San Diego School of Law – San Diego
• Ventura College of Law – Ventura
• Western Sierra Law School – San Diego
• Western State University College of Law – Fullerton
• Whittier Law School – Whittier

Medical schools

• UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
• Keck School of Medicine of USC
• UCI School of Medicine
• UCR School of Medicine
• UCSD School of Medicine
• Loma Linda School of Medicine
• Western University of Health Sciences
• Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

Graphic design schools

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• Otis Institute for the Arts.
• California Institute of the Arts.
• Art Center.

Dental schools

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• Loma Linda University School of Dentistry
• UCLA School of Dentistry
• Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
• Western University of Health Sciences

Art schools

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• Chapman University, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
• Musicians Institute
• Otis College of Art & Design
• The Los Angeles Film School
• UCLA The School of the Arts and Architecture, School of Theatre, Film and Television
• USC School of Architecture, School of Music & Theatre
• Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
• California Institute of the Arts

Universities

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University of California

• University of California
  • University of California, Irvine
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of California, Riverside
  • University of California, San Diego
  • University of California, Santa Barbara

California State University

• California State University
  • California State University, Bakersfield
  • California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • California State University, Channel Islands
  • California State University, Dominguez Hills
  • California State University, Fullerton
  • California State University, Long Beach
  • California State University, Los Angeles
  • California State University, Northridge
  • California State University, San Bernardino
  • California State University, San Marcos
  • California State University, San Diego

Private colleges and universities

• American Jewish University
• Anaheim University
• Antioch University Los Angeles
• Azusa Pacific University
• Biola University
• California Institute of Technology
• California Institute of the Arts
• California Baptist University
• California Lutheran University
• Chapman University
• Claremont Graduate University
• Concordia University, Irvine
• Everest College
• Fielding Graduate University^[7]
• Hope International University
• Inland Valley University, Upland and online
• Keck Graduate Institute
• La Sierra University
• Loma Linda University
• Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
• Marymount California University, Rancho Palos Verdes
• Mayfield College, Cathedral City^[8]
• Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles
• Mt Sierra College, Monrovia
• National University (California)
• New York Film Academy, Universal Studios
• NTMA Training Centers of Southern California^[9]
• Pepperdine University
• Point Loma Nazarene University
• Santa Barbara Business College
• Soka University of America
• Southern California University of Health Sciences
• The American University for Science and Technology^[10]
• University of La Verne
• University of the People
• University of Redlands
• University of Riverside
• University of San Diego
• University of Southern California
• Vanguard University of Southern California
• Westmont College
• William Carey International University, Pasadena^[11]
• Woodbury University

References

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