List of colleges and universities in San Francisco

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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 is located in the Ingleside, with several extension campuses.
• San Francisco State University located in the southwest corner of the city near Lake Merced
• University of California, San Francisco, primarily a graduate level health-sciences school, located in the Parnassus Heights/Inner Sunset neighborhood and in Mission Bay
• University of California, Hastings College of the Law located downtown at its Civic Center

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 based education,
• California College of the Arts undergraduate programs in architecture and design, and graduate programs in Potrero Hill
• California Culinary Academy Le Cordon Bleu program located in the Tenderloin
• California Institute of Integral Studies in several locations
• The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), located in the heart of downtown
• Golden Gate University, a business and law school located downtown
• New College of California located in the Mission District
• San Francisco Art Institute, alma mater of photographer Annie Leibovitz, performance artist Karen Finley
• San Francisco Conservatory of Music
• San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
• The University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
• The Jesuit-run University of San Francisco, one of the first universities established west of the Mississippi, located in the center of the city
• Wharton West, offering their top-ranked MBA locally in San Francisco, located in the Financial District