1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم


2. Commuter campus


3. Unique facilities:


4. Residential campus


5. Unique facilities:




7. Commuter campus


8. Unique facilities:




10. Residential campus


11. Unique facilities:


12. Residential campus


13. Unique facilities:


14. Residential campus


15. Unique facilities:


16. Residential campus


17. Unique facilities:




19. Commuter campus


20. Unique facilities:


21. Residential campus


22. Unique facilities:




24. Residential campus


25. Unique facilities:


26. Residential campus


27. Unique facilities:


28. 5 miles from downtown.




30. Residential campus


31. Unique facilities:


32. 3 miles from downtown.




34. Commuter campus


35. Unique facilities:




37. 5miles from downtown.








41. 5 miles from downtown.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته اما بعد اخواني زوار منتديات المسافرون العرب احتاج الى النصح منكم بشأن الجامعات في ولاية كاليفورنيا ... مثل ما انتو شايفين تحت انا مجمع معلومات شبه كامله عن كل مدينه وكل جامعه معترف فيها من قبل وزارة التعليم ... لكن الشيء المهم اني ما اعرف ماهي طبيعة المعيشه هناك ولا اعرف مدى صعوبة الجامعه او تعقيدها ... او كم تبلغ قيمة اجارات السكن في سكن كل جامعه وماهي افضل الجامعات نظاما وللعلم انا ناوي ادخل تخصص هندسه كهربائيه وادرس بجامعة هيوستن مرحلة اللغه ... دعوني اشرح لكم طبيعة التقسيم اللي تحت ... اول شي اسم الجامعه والمدينه والرابط اللي تحتها يذهب بك الى موقع يبين لك مواصفات المدينه والموقع اللي تحته يوديك الى موقع الجامعه الرسمي والرابط الثالث يوديك الى موقع يحتوي على ملخص كامل عن الجامعه وطبعا بعد هذي الروابط وضعت التخصصات الاكثر طلبا وبعدها موصفا المدينه نفسها وبعدها الاتجاهات الى المدينه نفسها واقرب المدن لها ... ان شا الله اني افدتكم بالملخص اللي انا مسويه لكن يبقى السؤال كيف تعرف الافضل ارجو الرد على اسئلتي السابقه ولكم جزيل الشكر اخوكم بتال . وللتذكر انا وضعت فاصل بين بعض الجامعات اللي هو حرف الاكس وهذا يفصل بين المدن العاديه والمدن الكبيره في كاليفورنيا زي لوس انجيليس وسان فرانسيسكو وساكريمنتو ولونق بيتش ما ادري عنها بس اعرف واحد يقول غاليه جدا ..
1. California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=4217&type=adv public

Business/Marketing: 23%
Engineering: 17%
Agriculture: 12%
Social Sciences: 7%
Architecture: 5%
Parks And Recreation: 5%
Visual and Performing Arts: 5%

Suburban setting
Large town (10,000 - 49,999)
Residential campus
Unique facilities:
printing press museum, university farm, dairy products technical center, architectural design institute
Geographical location:
0miles from Los Angeles, 250 miles from San Francisco.

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Santa Maria, CA (27.4 miles , pop. 77,423).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Bakersfield, CA (112.2 miles , pop. 247,057).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (177.3 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Pismo Beach, CA (8.8 miles ), Grover Beach, CA (11.0 miles ), Arroyo Grande, CA (11.8 miles ), Baywood-Los Osos, CA (12.2 miles ), Oceano, CA (12.4 miles ), Atascadero, CA (14.5 miles ), Morro Bay, CA (14.9 miles ), Cayucos, CA (19.3 miles ).3. California State Polytechnic University: Pomona
Pomona, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3763&type=adv public

Business/Marketing: 30%
Engineering: 18%
Computer and Information Sciences: 11%
Liberal Arts: 7%
Social Sciences: 6%

Suburban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)

Commuter campus

Unique facilities:

electron microscope center, international center, small ruminant center, Arabian horse center, equine research center, land laboratory, ecological reserve, center for regenerative studies, center for community affairs
Geographical location:
0miles from downtown Los Angeles.

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Anaheim, CA (18.1 miles , pop. 328,014).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (42.6 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: La Verne, CA (3.9 miles ), Montclair, CA (4.1 miles ), Claremont, CA (4.2 miles ), San Dimas, CA (5.1 miles ), Chino, CA (5.4 miles ), Diamond Bar, CA (6.0 miles ), Chino Hills, CA (6.3 miles ), Charter Oak, CA (7.5 miles ).4. California State University: Chico
Chico, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3666&type=adv public

Business/Marketing: 19%
Liberal Arts: 12%
Social Sciences: 11%
Visual and Performing Arts: 11%
Parks And Recreation: 7%
English: 6%
Psychology: 6%
Engineering: 5%
Health Professions: 5%

Rural setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)

Residential campus

Unique facilities:

1000-acre farm, 2 museums, planetarium, instructional media center, biology field station, anthropology museum, intercultural studies center, computer graphics lab, assistive technology center, media prep lab, recording arts studio, hydrotherapy pool, echocardiography system, gas displacement chamber
Geographical location:
0miles from Sacramento, 175 miles from San Francisco.

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Sacramento, CA (85.7 miles , pop. 407,018).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (457.6 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Durham, CA (7.4 miles ), Hamilton City, CA (12.2 miles ), Paradise, CA (15.7 miles ), Magalia, CA (17.0 miles ), Concow, CA (22.1 miles ), Thermalito, CA (23.2 miles ), Biggs, CA (24.1 miles ), Orland, CA (24.5 miles ).5. California State University: Fresno
Fresno, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=1286&type=adv public

Liberal Arts: 21%
Business/Marketing: 17%
Social Sciences: 11%
Health Professions: 8%
Psychology: 6%
Engineering: 5%
English: 5%
Visual and Performing Arts: 5%

Urban setting
Very large city (over 500,000)
Commuter campus
Unique facilities:
1,190-acre university farm, strength and conditioning center, planetarium
Geographical location:
7miles from Los Angeles; 172 miles from Sacramento.

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (210.3 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Clovis, CA (7.2 miles ), Calwa, CA (8.0 miles ), Easton, CA (9.0 miles ), Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA (12.5 miles ), Bowles, CA (12.5 miles) , Fowler, CA (13.3 miles ), Raisin City, CA (14.6 miles) , Friant, CA (15.0 miles ).6. San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=4007&type=adv public

Business/Marketing: 31%
Engineering: 9%
Computer and Information Sciences: 8%
Health Professions: 7%
Social Sciences: 7%
Visual and Performing Arts: 7%
Communications/Journalism: 5%

Urban setting
Very large city (over 500,000)

Commuter campus

Unique facilities:

marine laboratory, natural history living museum, nuclear science lab, center for Beethoven studies, Chicano resource center, art metal foundry, deep-sea research ship, electro-acoustic and recording studio
Geographical location:
0miles from San Francisco.

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (327.5 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Seven Trees, CA (2.6 miles ), Sunol-Midtown, CA (2.9 miles ), Buena Vista, CA (3.2 miles ), Burbank, CA (4.2 miles ), Fruitdale, CA (4.4 miles ), Cambrian Park, CA (5.1 miles ), Alum Rock, CA (5.5 miles ), Campbell, CA (5.8 miles ).7. Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3340&type=adv private

Business/Marketing: 31%
Social Sciences: 15%
Engineering: 12%
Communications/Journalism: 8%
Psychology: 8%

Suburban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)

Residential campus

Unique facilities:

historic mission church with artifacts dating from California mission era, applied ethics center, performing arts center, observatory, science and technology center, tennis complex, de Saisset museum, fitness center
Geographical location:
5miles from San Francisco, 1 mile from San Jose.

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: San Jose, CA (7.5 miles , pop. 894,943).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (334.7 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Burbank, CA (3.5 miles ), Fruitdale, CA (3.7 miles ), Sunnyvale, CA (4.1 miles ), Buena Vista, CA (4.3 miles ), Sunol-Midtown, CA (4.5 miles ), Campbell, CA (5.0 miles ), Cupertino, CA (5.6 miles ), Saratoga, CA (6.6 miles ).8. Stanford University
Stanford, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3387&type=adv private

Social Sciences: 28%
Engineering: 14%
Interdisciplinary Studies: 13%
Biology: 7%
Computer and Information Sciences: 6%
English: 5%
Psychology: 5%

Suburban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)
Residential campus
Unique facilities:
observatory, linear accelerator, museum, 18 libraries, nature preserve, marine research center, Rodin sculpture garden
Geographical location:
Adjacent to Palo Alto, 29 miles from San Francisco.

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Palo Alto, CA (1.9 miles , pop. 58,598).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Fremont, CA (15.1 miles , pop. 203,413).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (347.9 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Palo Alto, CA (1.9 miles ), Menlo Park, CA (2.4 miles ), West Menlo Park, CA (2.7 miles ), Atherton, CA (3.4 miles ), East Palo Alto, CA (3.5 miles ), Los Altos Hills, CA (4.0 miles ), North Fair Oaks, CA (4.5 miles ), Portola Valley, CA (4.9 miles ).9. University of California: Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=988&type=adv public

Social Sciences: 21%
Biology: 11%
Engineering: 11%
English: 7%
Interdisciplinary Studies: 6%

Urban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)

Residential campus

Unique facilities:

museums of art, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology and vertebrate zoology; film archive; observatories; science museum and research center for K-12 education; botanical garden; library of rare books, Western, and Latin Americana; seismographic station; herbacia; performing arts facilities
Geographical location:
0miles from San Francisco.

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Oakland, CA (6.2 miles , pop. 399,484).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (374.6 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Albany, CA (2.0 miles ), Kensington, CA (2.4 miles ), Emeryville, CA (2.6 miles ), El Cerrito, CA (3.8 miles ), Piedmont, CA (4.5 miles ), East Richmond Heights, CA (5.7 miles ), Oakland, CA (6.2 miles ), Richmond, CA (6.5 miles ).0- University of California: Davis
Davis, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=989&type=adv public

Social Sciences: 30%
Biology: 15%
Engineering: 9%
Psychology: 8%
Agriculture: 7%
Communications/Journalism: 6%

Suburban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)

Residential campus

Unique facilities:

museums, 150-acre arboretum, equestrian center, craft center, marine laboratory, nuclear laboratory, California Regional Primate Research Center, natural reserves, raptor center, more than 36 miles of bicycle paths on campus and in town
Geographical location:
2miles from San Francisco, 15 miles from Sacramento.

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Sacramento, CA (18.5 miles , pop. 407,018).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (385.8 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Woodland, CA (8.6 miles ), Dixon, CA (9.5 miles ), West Sacramento, CA (13.7 miles ), Winters, CA (16.4 miles ), Elmira, CA (18.3 miles ), Sacramento, CA (18.5 miles ), Parkway-South Sacramento, CA (19.9 miles ), Laguna West-Lakeside, CA (20.7 miles ).1- University of California: Irvine
Irvine, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3887&type=adv public

Social Sciences: 32%
Biology: 13%
Psychology: 11%
Interdisciplinary Studies: 9%
Computer and Information Sciences: 8%
Engineering: 8%
Visual and Performing Arts: 7%

Suburban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)
Residential campus
Unique facilities:
outdoor laboratory, freshwater marsh reserve, fine arts museum, arboretum, center for art and technology, observatory
Geographical location:
0miles from Los Angeles.

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Santa Ana, CA (7.3 miles , pop. 337,977).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (48.8 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Tustin, CA (4.1 miles ), Tustin Foothills, CA (5.6 miles ), San Joaquin Hills, CA (5.8 miles ), Newport Coast, CA (6.3 miles ), Laguna Woods, CA (6.6 miles ), Santa Ana, CA (7.3 miles ), Lake Forest, CA (7.6 miles ), Costa Mesa, CA (8.3 miles ).2- University of California: San Diego
La Jolla, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=991&type=adv public

Social Sciences: 37%
Biology: 16%
Engineering: 10%
Psychology: 8%
Visual and Performing Arts: 7%
Computer and Information Sciences: 6%
Communications/Journalism: 5%

Suburban setting
Large town (10,000 - 49,999)

Residential campus

Unique facilities:

aquarium-museum, performing arts center, student-run co-ops, supercomputer center, nature preserves, electron beam lithography facility, art gallery, center for music experiment, structural engineering lab
Geographical location:
2miles from San Diego.

• 3- University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=1294&type=adv private

Business/Marketing: 21%
Biology: 15%
Education: 10%
Engineering: 10%
Social Sciences: 10%
Parks And Recreation: 6%
Communications/Journalism: 5%
Visual and Performing Arts: 5%

Suburban setting
Large city (250,000 - 499,999)
Residential campus
Unique facilities:
recital facilities, Holt-Atherton Center for Western Studies housing the John Muir papers, music conservatory
Geographical location:
0miles from San Francisco, 40 miles from Sacramento.

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (335.8 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Country Club, CA (2.4 miles ), August, CA (2.6 miles ), Lincoln Village, CA (3.0 miles ), Taft Mosswood, CA (4.3 miles ), Kennedy, CA (4.5 miles ), Garden Acres, CA (4.9 miles ), Morada, CA (5.7 miles ), French Camp, CA (6.6 miles ).4- California State University: Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=705&type=adv public

Business/Marketing: 22%
Communications/Journalism: 12%
Education: 9%
Social Sciences: 9%
Liberal Arts: 8%
Security and Protective Services: 8%
Computer and Information Sciences: 6%
Visual and Performing Arts: 6%
Psychology: 5%

Urban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)

Commuter campus

Unique facilities:

wildlife sanctuary, arboretum, desert studies center, economic education center, social science research center, twin studies center, center for children who stutter, California public archeology center, demographic research center, international business center, institute of gerontology, center for oral and public history, ethnographic cultural analysis center, life span development center, center for study of religion in American life, decision research center
Geographical location:
0miles from downtown Los Angeles.

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Anaheim, CA (4.0 miles , pop. 328,014).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (33.9 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: La Habra, CA (3.8 miles ), Anaheim, CA (4.0 miles ), Brea, CA (4.1 miles ), Placentia, CA (5.1 miles ), East La Mirada, CA (5.2 miles ), Buena Park, CA (5.4 miles ), La Mirada, CA (5.8 miles ), La Habra Heights, CA (6.0 miles ).5- University of California: Riverside
Riverside, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=993&type=adv public

Business/Marketing: 27%
Social Sciences: 20%
Biology: 11%
Psychology: 8%
Liberal Arts: 7%
Computer and Information Sciences: 6%

Urban setting
Large city (250,000 - 499,999)

Residential campus

Unique facilities:

botanical gardens, air pollution research center, photography museum, 7 nature preserves, citrus research center and agricultural experiment station, institute of geophysics and planetary physics, water resources center, salinity lab
Geographical location:
0miles from Los Angeles.

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (68.0 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Rubidoux, CA (3.6 miles ), Woodcrest, CA (5.0 miles ), Sunnyslope, CA (5.4 miles ), Pedley, CA (5.4 miles ), Highgrove, CA (6.5 miles ), Bloomington, CA (7.7 miles ), Grand Terrace, CA (7.9 miles ), Glen Avon, CA (8.1 miles ).6- University of California: Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=990&type=adv public

Social Sciences: 22%
Business/Marketing: 11%
Interdisciplinary Studies: 9%
Visual and Performing Arts: 9%
Biology: 7%
Psychology: 7%
Communications/Journalism: 5%
English: 5%
Law: 5%

Suburban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)

Residential campus

Unique facilities:

art museum; several nature preserves with research facilities; seawater laboratories; robotics laboratory; free electron laser laboratory; institutes for: polymers and organic solids, neuroscience research, quantum, nuclear particle astrophysics and cosmology, marine science, theoretical physics
Geographical location:
0miles from downtown, 100 miles from Los Angeles.

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Bakersfield, CA (79.7 miles , pop. 247,057).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (94.9 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Mission Canyon, CA (1.7 miles ), Montecito, CA (5.7 miles ), Goleta, CA (6.9 miles ), Summerland, CA (8.1 miles ), Isla Vista, CA (10.1 miles ), Toro Canyon, CA (10.4 miles ), Carpinteria, CA (13.7 miles ), Oak View, CA (28.5 miles ).7- University of California: Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3958&type=adv public

Social Sciences: 16%
Visual and Performing Arts: 14%
Biology: 10%
Psychology: 10%
Business/Marketing: 8%
English: 8%
Area and Ethnic Studies: 5%
Environmental Science: 5%

Suburban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)

Residential campus

Unique facilities:

observatories, arboretum, agroecology farm, campus preserve, nonlinear science center, music center, bilingual research center, institutes of marine sciences, tectonics, particle physics, center for adaptive optics
Geographical location:
5miles from San Francisco, 30 miles from San Jose.

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: San Jose, CA (25.3 miles , pop. 894,943).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (320.5 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Twin Lakes, CA (2.3 miles ), Live Oak, CA (3.2 miles ), Opal Cliffs, CA (3.9 miles ), Capitola, CA (4.9 miles ), Scotts Valley, CA (5.6 miles ), Soquel, CA (5.6 miles ), Felton, CA (5.9 miles ), Aptos, CA (8.2 miles ).8- California State University: Northridge
Northridge, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3462&type=adv public

Business/Marketing: 21%
Social Sciences: 13%
Liberal Arts: 11%
Psychology: 9%
Communications/Journalism: 6%
English: 6%
Visual and Performing Arts: 6%
Education: 5%

Suburban setting
Very large city (over 500,000)
Commuter campus
Unique facilities:
anthropology museum, art botanical gardens, urban archives center, observatory, map library, center for the study of cancer and development biology, National Center on Deafness, planetarium
Geographical location:
5miles from Los Angeles.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
California State University: Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=1492&type=adv public

Business/Marketing: 18%
Education: 13%
Security and Protective Services: 12%
Computer and Information Sciences: 10%
Social Sciences: 10%
Psychology: 7%
Engineering: 5%

Urban setting
Very large city (over 500,000)
Commuter campus
Unique facilities:
baroque pipe organ, 4 megavolt Van de Graaff accelerator
Geographical location:

5 miles from downtown.

Nearest cities: West Hollywood, CA (0.3 miles ), Beverly Hills, CA (1.8 miles ), Culver City, CA (5.7 miles ), View Park-Windsor Hills, CA (6.7 miles ), Ladera Heights, CA (6.7 miles ), Burbank, CA (7.3 miles ), Santa Monica, CA (8.5 miles ), Marina del Rey, CA (9.1 miles ).University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3341&type=adv private

Business/Marketing: 25%
Social Sciences: 14%
Visual and Performing Arts: 14%
Communications/Journalism: 10%
Engineering: 7%
Health Professions: 7%
Psychology: 5%

Urban setting
Very large city (over 500,000)

Residential campus

Unique facilities:

4 art galleries, marine science center on Santa Catalina Island, permanent facilities for study in Sacramento, special collections library, the Gamble House designed by Greene and Greene, Freeman House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, integrated media systems center, Zemeckis center for digital arts
Geographical location:

3 miles from downtown.

Nearest cities: West Hollywood, CA (0.3 miles ), Beverly Hills, CA (1.8 miles ), Culver City, CA (5.7 miles ), View Park-Windsor Hills, CA (6.7 miles ), Ladera Heights, CA (6.7 miles ), Burbank, CA (7.3 miles ), Santa Monica, CA (8.5 miles ), Marina del Rey, CA (9.1 miles ).University of California: Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=992&type=adv public

Social Sciences: 32%
Psychology: 13%
Biology: 11%
Engineering: 8%
English: 6%
Visual and Performing Arts: 6%
Interdisciplinary Studies: 5%

Urban setting
Very large city (over 500,000)

Commuter campus

Unique facilities:

museums with specialized collections, centers for cancer research, plasma physics research labs, film and television archive, high power auroral simulation observatory, lab for embedded collaborative systems, research centers for molecular and neuroscience, graphic and animation labs, nanoscience research labs and centers, cell mimetic space exploration center, particle beam physics lab, southern California particle center, ranch for ecological studies, ethnomusicology archive

Nearest cities: West Hollywood, CA (0.3 miles ), Beverly Hills, CA (1.8 miles ), Culver City, CA (5.7 miles ), View Park-Windsor Hills, CA (6.7 miles ), Ladera Heights, CA (6.7 miles ), Burbank, CA (7.3 miles ), Santa Monica, CA (8.5 miles ), Marina del Rey, CA (9.1 miles ).Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=4158&type=adv private

Business/Marketing: 30%
Social Sciences: 15%
Communications/Journalism: 13%
Other: 9%
Psychology: 6%
Engineering: 5%
Liberal Arts: 5%

Suburban setting
Very large city (over 500,000)
Residential campus
Unique facilities:
fine arts complex with recital hall and recording arts facilities, Baja California marine station
Geographical location:

5miles from downtown.

Nearest cities: West Hollywood, CA (0.3 miles ), Beverly Hills, CA (1.8 miles ), Culver City, CA (5.7 miles ), View Park-Windsor Hills, CA (6.7 miles ), Ladera Heights, CA (6.7 miles ), Burbank, CA (7.3 miles ), Santa Monica, CA (8.5 miles ), Marina del Rey, CA (9.1 miles ).California State University: Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=1486&type=adv public

Business/Marketing: 23%
Liberal Arts: 10%
English: 9%
Social Sciences: 9%
Visual and Performing Arts: 8%
Psychology: 6%
Engineering: 5%
Security and Protective Services: 5%

Suburban setting
Large city (250,000 - 499,999)
Commuter campus
Unique facilities:
Japanese garden, performing arts center, media center, art museum
Geographical location:
5miles from Los Angeles.

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (24.6 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Signal Hill, CA (0.9 miles ), Lakewood, CA (4.0 miles ), Rossmoor, CA (5.5 miles ), Hawaiian Gardens, CA (6.0 miles ), Seal Beach, CA (6.1 miles ), Bellflower, CA (6.2 miles ), Los Alamitos, CA (6.4 miles ), Paramount, CA (6.7 miles ).California State University: Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=944&type=adv public

Business/Marketing: 22%
Security and Protective Services: 10%
Social Sciences: 10%
Communications/Journalism: 9%
Liberal Arts: 8%
Education: 6%
Engineering: 5%
Psychology: 5%

Urban setting
Very large city (over 500,000)
Commuter campus
Unique facilities:
aquatic center
Geographical location:
0miles from San Francisco.

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (375.1 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Parkway-South Sacramento, CA (3.2 miles ), West Sacramento, CA (4.9 miles ), Florin, CA (6.0 miles ), Arden-Arcade, CA (7.0 miles ), La Riviera, CA (7.7 miles ), Rosemont, CA (7.8 miles ), Rio Linda, CA (9.4 miles ), Laguna West-Lakeside, CA (9.5 miles ).University of San Diego
San Diego, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3267&type=adv private

Business/Marketing: 36%
Social Sciences: 18%
Communications/Journalism: 9%
Liberal Arts: 6%
Psychology: 6%
Biology: 5%
English: 5%

Urban setting
Very large city (over 500,000)
Residential campus
Unique facilities:
Sea World/Hubbs Institute research facilities available to marine studies students, center for science and technology, Old Globe Theatre available to MFA students
Geographical location:

5 miles from downtown.

Nearest cities: Coronado, CA (7.2 miles ), National City, CA (8.4 miles ), Lemon Grove, CA (8.4 miles ), La Mesa, CA (8.5 miles ), La Presa, CA (10.8 miles ), Bonita, CA (11.3 miles ), Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, CA (11.7 miles ), Spring Valley, CA (11.8 miles ).San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=952&type=adv public

Business/Marketing: 28%
Social Sciences: 11%
Psychology: 8%
Visual and Performing Arts: 8%
English: 7%
Education: 6%
Liberal Arts: 6%
Communications/Journalism: 5%

Urban setting
Very large city (over 500,000)
Commuter campus
Unique facilities:
access to marine laboratories, environmental studies center, Sierra Nevada field campus, anthropology museum, facility for study of astronomy
Geographical location:
0miles from downtown.

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (377.4 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Daly City, CA (5.2 miles ), Broadmoor, CA (5.5 miles ), Colma, CA (5.7 miles ), Brisbane, CA (5.8 miles ), South San Francisco, CA (7.2 miles ), Sausalito, CA (7.7 miles ), Belvedere, CA (8.2 miles ), Tiburon, CA (9.2 miles ).