List of colleges and universities in San Francisco

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
• Argosy University, San Francisco Bay Area
• Art Institute of California - San Francisco, a private campus which focuses on video game and design (interior, fashion etc.) based education
• Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
• California College of the Arts Oakland based school, offering undergraduate programs in architecture and design, and graduate programs in Potrero Hill
• California Institute of Integral Studies in several locations
• DeVry University, offering courses in business administration, engineering, communication, bioinformatics and management.
• The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), located in the heart of downtown
• Golden Gate University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in the Financial District of downtown San Francisco, California. Founded in 1901, the university is best known for its school of law.
• Heald College, located in the Financial District
• Hult International Business School formerly known as the Arthur D. Little School of Management offering a top-ranked one-year MBA, Master and Undergraduate degree programs. Located on SF waterfront and across from the headquarters of Levi Strauss & Co.
• New College of California, now defunct, was located in the Mission District
• Presidio Graduate School, a sustainability-focused higher education institution, offering accredited master's degrees in business administration (MBA) as well as public administration (MPA).
• San Francisco Art Institute, alma mater of photographer Annie Leibovitz, performance artist Karen Finley
• San Francisco Conservatory of Music
• San Francisco Law School
• San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
• The Jesuit-run University of San Francisco, one of the first universities established west of the Mississippi. It is located in the geographic center of the city on Lone Mountain.
• Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, offering their top-ranked MBA locally in San Francisco, located in the Financial District