Cornucopia of Colleges

College-bound Californians are blessed with a bountiful array of choices, from elite private universities like Stanford and Caltech to an array of pragmatic technical schools. And then there are the two powerhouse public universities with locations around the state: the California State University’s 22 campuses, which constitute the nation’s largest system of four-year campuses, and the nine-campus University of California, widely envied as the nation’s best public university system. Here are the state’s institutions of higher education:

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Academy of Art College, San Francisco

Total Enrollment: 4,976

Undergraduates: 4,311

Tuition: $13,560

Room & Board: $6,000

Deadline: continuous

Phone 415-263-4127

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American InterContinental University, Los Angeles

Total Enrollment: 500

Undergraduates: 500

Tuition: $11,850

Room & Board: $4,245

Deadline: continuous

Phone 310-470-2000

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Antioch Southern California/Los Angeles, Marina del Rey

Total Enrollment: 474

Undergraduates: 182

Tuition: $9,600

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: n/s

Phone 310-578-1080

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Antioch Southern California/Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara

Total Enrollment: 222

Undergraduates: 77

Tuition: $9,150

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: n/a

Phone 805-962-8179

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Armstrong University, Oakland

Total Enrollment: 156

Undergraduates: 53

Tuition: $8,547

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: continuous

Phone 510-835-7900

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Art Center College of Design, Pasadena

Total Enrollment: 1,433

Undergraduates: 1,334

Tuition: $17,180

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: continuous

Phone 626-396-2373 *

Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach

Total Enrollment: 196

Undergraduates: 196

Tuition: $11,900

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: continuous

Phone 714-376-6000

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Azusa Pacific University, Azusa

Total Enrollment: 5,069

Undergraduates: 2,595

Tuition: $14,167

Room & Board: $4,512

Deadline: July 15

Phone 626-812-3016

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Bethany College of the Assemblies of God, Scotts Valley

Total Enrollment: 590

Undergraduates: 583

Tuition: $9,470

Room & Board: $3,990

Deadline July 1

Phone 408-438-3800

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Biola University, La Mirada

Total Enrollment: 3,257

Undergraduates: 2,153

Tuition: $15,214

Room & Board: $5,140

Deadline: June 1

Phone 562-903-4727

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Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara

Total Enrollment: 363

Undergraduates: 302

Tuition: $15,450

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: continuous

Phone 805-966-3888 *

California Baptist University, Riverside

Total Enrollment: 2,009

Undergraduates: 1,675

Tuition $8,876

Room & Board $4,326

Deadline: continuous

Phone 909-343-4212

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California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco

Total Enrollment: 1,073

Undergraduates: 991

Tuition: $17,168

Room & Board: $2,500

Deadline: continuous

Phone 415-703-9523

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California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

Total Enrollment:1,925

Undergraduates: 904

Tuition: $19,166

Room & Board: $5,883

Deadline: Jan. 1

Phone 626-395-6341

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California Institute of the Arts, Valencia

Total Enrollment: 1,140

Undergraduates: 724

Tuition: $18,190

Room & Board: $2,750

Deadline Feb. 1

Phone 805-253-7863

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California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks

Total Enrollment: 2,590

Undergraduates: 1,659

Tuition: $15,415

Room & Board: $5,985

Deadline: June 1

Phone 805-493-3135

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California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo

Total Enrollment: 16,735

Undergraduates: 15,761

Tuition: $2,220 Room & Board: $5,206

Deadline: Nov. 30

Phone 805-756-2311

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California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield

Total Enrollment: 5,717

Undergraduates: 4,309

Tuition: $1,887

Room & Board: $4,230

Deadline: Sept. 23

Phone 805-664-2160

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California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino

Total Enrollment: 13,280

Undergraduates: 9,471

Tuition: $1,896

Room & Board: $4,174

Deadline: continuous

Phone 909-880-5212

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California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock

Total Enrollment: 6,213

Undergraduates 4,886

Tuition: $1,709

Room & Board: $6,100

Deadline July 31

Phone 209-667-3070

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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona

Total Enrollment: 17,246

Undergraduates: 15,073

Tuition: $1,855

Room & Board: $5,607

Deadline: continuous

Phone 909-869-2000

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California State University, Chico, Chico

Total Enrollment: 14,247

Undergraduates: 12,506

Tuition: $2,030

Room & Board: $5,493

Deadline: continuous

Phone 530-898-4428

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California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson

Total Enrollment: 12,378

Undergraduates: 8,323

Tuition: $1,821

Room & Board: $3,066

Deadline: continuous

Phone 310-516-3696

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California State University, Fresno, Fresno

Total Enrollment: 18,113

Undergraduates: 14,768

Tuition: $1,806

Room & Board: $5,610

Deadline: May 15

Phone 209-278-2261

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California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton

Total Enrollment: 24,906

Undergraduates: 20,743

Tuition: $1,947

Room & Board: $3,662

Deadline: continuous

Phone 714-278-2370

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California State University, Hayward, Hayward

Total Enrollment: 12,863

Undergraduates: 9,905

Tuition: $1,827

Room & Board: $3,230

Deadline Sept. 9

Phone 510-885-3248

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California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach

Total Enrollment: 27,809

Undergraduates: 22,348

Tuition: $1,768

Room & Board: $5,200

Deadline: Nov. 30 Phone 562-985-4641

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California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles

Total Enrollment: 19,160

Undergraduates: 13,742

Tuition: $1,757

Room & Board: $2,915

Deadline: JUNE 15

Phone 213-343-3131

*California State University, Northridge, Northridge

Total Enrollment: 27,653

Undergraduates 21,808

Tuition: $1,892

Room & Board: $4,975

Deadline: Nov. 30

Phone 818-677-3777

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California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento

Total Enrollment: 23,481

Undergraduates: 18,641

Tuition: $1,982

Room & Board: $5,100

Deadline: continuous

Phone 916-278-7362

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California State University, San Marcos, San Marcos

Total Enrollment: 4,678

Undergraduates: 3,808

Tuition: $1,720

Room & Board: $3,114

Deadline: continuous

Phone 760-750-4848

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Chapman University, Orange

Total Enrollment: 3,806

Undergraduates: 2,404

Tuition: $19,410

Room & Board: $7,044

Deadline: March 1

Phone 714-997-6982

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Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles

Total Enrollment: 635

Undergraduates: 225

Tuition: $7,350

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: Feb. 28

Phone 213-563-4832

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Christian Heritage College, El Cajon

Total Enrollment: 617

Undergraduates: 617

Tuition: $10,240

Room & Board: $4,500

Deadline Aug. 1

Phone 619-441-2200

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Claremont McKenna College, Claremont

Total Enrollment: 979

Undergraduates: 979

Tuition: $19,960

Room & Board: $6,890

Deadline: Jan. 15

Phone 909-621-8088

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Cogswell Polytechnical College, Sunnyvale

Total Enrollment: 482

Undergraduates: 482

Tuition: $7,840

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: continuous

Phone 408-541-0100

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Coleman College, La Mesa

Total Enrollment: 1,071

Undergraduates: 1,058

Tuition: $9,000

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: continuous

Phone 619-465-3990

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College of Notre Dame, Belmont

Total Enrollment: 1,782

Undergraduates: 955

Tuition: $15,575

Room & Board: $6,810

Deadline: June 1

Phone 650-508-3607

Concordia University, Irvine

Total Enrollment: 1,063

Undergraduates: 970

Tuition: $13,800

Room & Board: $5,180

Deadline: continuous

Phone 714-854-8002

Design Institute of San Diego, San Diego

Total Enrollment 253 Undergraduates 253 Tuition: $9,600

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: continuous

Phone 619-566-1200

*DeVry Institute of Technology, Pomona

Total Enrollment: 3,307

Undergraduates: 3,307

Tuition: $7,308

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: continuous

Phone 562-427-4162

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DeVry Institute of Technology, Long Beach

Total Enrollment: 1,814

Undergraduates: 1,814

Tuition: $7,308

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline continuous

Phone 562-427-4162

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Dominican College of San Rafael, San Rafael

Total Enrollment: 1,465

Undergraduates: 1,026

Tuition: $16,160

Room & Board: $7,246

Deadline: continuous

Phone 415-485-3204

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Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley

Total Enrollment: 75

Undergraduates: 8

Tuition: $7,490

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: n/a

Phone 510-883-2073

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Fresno Pacific University, Fresno

Total Enrollment: 1,546

Undergraduates: 659

Tuition: $12,772

Room & Board: $4,130

Deadline: continuous

Phone 209-453-2030

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Golden Gate University, San Francisco

Total Enrollment: 5,646

Undergraduates: 1,487

Tuition: $8,472

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: continuous

Phone 415-442-7800

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Harvey Mudd College, Claremont

Total Enrollment: 657

Undergraduates: 652

Tuition: $21,234

Room & Board: $7,502

Deadline: Jan. 15

Phone 909-621-8011

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Holy Names College, Oakland

Total Enrollment: 861

Undergraduates: 537

Tuition: $14,300

Room & Board: $6,400

Deadline: Aug. 1

Phone 510-436-1321

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Hope International University, Fullerton

Total Enrollment: 1,022

Undergraduates: 847

Tuition: $10,140

Room & Board: $3,799

Deadline July 1

Phone 714-879-3901

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Humboldt State University, Arcata

Total Enrollment: 7,492

Undergraduates: 6,671

Tuition: $1,926

Room & Board: $5,194

Deadline: Nov. 30

Phone 707-826-4402

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Humphreys College, Stockton

Total Enrollment: 721

Undergraduates: 597

Tuition: $6,552

Room & Board: $1,700

Deadline: continuous

Phone 209-478-0800

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La Sierra University, Riverside

Total Enrollment: 1,466

Undergraduates: 1,317

Tuition: $14,445

Room & Board: $4,137

Deadline: continuous

Phone 909-785-2432

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LIFE Bible College, San Dimas

Total Enrollment: 424

Undergraduates: 424

Tuition: $5,150

Room & Board: $3,000

Deadline: July 15

Phone 909-599-5433

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Loma Linda University, Loma Linda

Total Enrollment: 3,400

Undergraduates: 1,272

Tuition: $13,680

Room & Board: $1,950

Deadline: n/a

Phone 909-824-4792

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Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

Total Enrollment: 6,721

Undergraduates: 4,113

Tuition: $17,306

Room & Board: $7,004

Deadline: Feb. 1

Phone 310-338-2750

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The Master’s College and Seminary, Santa Clarita

Total Enrollment: 1,198

Undergraduates: 917

Tuition: $12,650

Room & Board: $4,950

Deadline: March 6

Phone 805-259-3540

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Menlo College, Atherton

Total Enrollment: 522

Undergraduates: 522

Tuition: $15,980

Room & Board: $6,800

Deadline: continuous

Phone 650-833-3305

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Mills College, Oakland

Total Enrollment: 1,115

Undergraduates: 771

Tuition: $17,252

Room & Board: $7,084

Deadline: continuous

Phone 510-430-2135

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Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles

Total Enrollment: 1,984

Undergraduates: 1,644

Tuition: $15,952

Room & Board: $5,605

Deadline: continuous

Phone 310-954-4252

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National University, La Jolla

Total Enrollment: 13,397

Undergraduates: 4,451

Tuition: $7,260

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: continuous

Phone 619-563-7100

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New College of California, San Francisco

Total Enrollment: 641

Undergraduates: 437

Tuition: $8,376

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: continuous

Phone 415-437-3460

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Occidental College, Los Angeles

Total Enrollment: 1,580

Undergraduates: 1,552

Tuition: $21,072

Room & Board: $6,180

Deadline: Jan. 15

Phone 213-259-2700

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Pacific Union College, Angwin

Total Enrollment: n/a

Undergraduates: 1,570

Tuition: $14,055

Room & Board: $4,305

Deadline: continuous

Phone 707-965-6336

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Patten College, Oakland

Total Enrollment: 714

Undergraduates: 714

Tuition: $7,368

Room & Board: $2,468

Deadline: July 31

Phone 510-533-8300

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Pepperdine University, Malibu

Total Enrollment: 7,804

Undergraduates: 3,320

Tuition: $22,120

Room & Board: $6,840

Deadline: Jan. 15

Phone 310-456-4392

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Pitzer College, Claremont

Total Enrollment: 871

Undergraduates: 871

Tuition: $23,226

Room & Board: $6,214

Deadline: Feb. 1

Phone 909-621-8129

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Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego

Total Enrollment: 2,358

Undergraduates: 2,027

Tuition: $12,650

Room & Board: $5,220

Deadline: March 1

Phone 619-849-2225

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Pomona College, Claremont

Total Enrollment: 1,421

Undergraduates: 1,421

Tuition: $21,600

Room & Board: $8,270

Deadline: Jan. 1

Phone 909-621-8134

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Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga

Total Enrollment: 4,238

Undergraduates: 2,998

Tuition: $16,809

Room & Board: $7,000

Deadline: Feb. 1

Phone 510-631-4224

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Samuel Merritt College, Oakland

Total Enrollment: 723

Undergraduates: 286

Tuition: $15,280

Room & Board: $3,429

Deadline: continuous

Phone 510-869-6727

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San Diego State University, San Diego

Total Enrollment: 29,898

Undergraduates: 24,448

Tuition: $1,854

Room & Board: $6,730

Deadline: Nov. 15

Phone 619-594-6871

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San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco

Total Enrollment: 680

Undergraduates: 538

Tuition: $18,400

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: Sept. 1

Phone 415-771-7020

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San Francisco State University, San Francisco

Total Enrollment: 27,420

Undergraduates: 21,049

Tuition: $1,904

Room & Board: $6,280

Deadline: Nov. 30

Phone 415-338-2037

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San Jose Christian College, San Jose

Total Enrollment: 744

Undergraduates: 744

Tuition: $6,375

Room & Board: $4,266

Deadline Aug. 1

Phone 408-293-9058

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San Jose State University, San Jose

Total Enrollment: 26,897

Undergraduates: 21,753

Tuition: $1,939

Room & Board: $5,736

Deadline: continuous

Phone 408-924-2000

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Santa Clara University, Santa Clara

Total Enrollment: 7,946

Undergraduates: 4,282

Tuition: $17,622

Room & Board: $7,323

Deadline: Jan. 15

Phone 408-554-4700

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Scripps College, Claremont

Total Enrollment: 734

Undergraduates: 734

Tuition: $20,126

Room & Board: $7,874

Deadline: Feb. 1

Phone 909-621-8149

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Simpson College and Graduate School, Redding

Total Enrollment: 1,248

Undergraduates: 955

Tuition: $9,840

Room & Board: $4,400

Deadline: continuous

Phone 530-224-5606

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Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park

Total Enrollment: 7,050

Undergraduates: 5,984

Tuition: $2,130

Room & Board: $5,769

Deadline: Jan. 31

Phone 707-664-2322

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Southern California College, Costa Mesa

Total Enrollment: 1,312

Undergraduates: 1,190

Tuition: $12,434

Room & Board: $4,980

Deadline: continuous

Phone 714-556-3610

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Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles

Total Enrollment: 430

Undergraduates: 218

Tuition: $14,990

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: continuous

Phone 310-574-1123

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Stanford University, Stanford

Total Enrollment: 16,496

Undergraduates: 7,127

Tuition: $22,188

Room & Board: $8,427

Deadline: Dec. 15

Phone 650-723-2091

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Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula

Total Enrollment: 219

Undergraduates: 219

Tuition: $14,900

Room & Board: $4,300

Deadline: continuous

Phone 805-525-4417

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United States International University, San Diego

Total Enrollment: 1,331

Undergraduates: 401

Tuition: $12,300

Room & Board: $5,040

Deadline: continuous

Phone 619-635-4772

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University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley

Total Enrollment: 30,290

Undergraduates: 21,738

Tuition: $4,177

Room & Board: $7,620

Deadline: Nov. 30

Phone 510-642-3175

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University of California, Davis, Davis

Total Enrollment: 24,551

Undergraduates: 19,184

Tuition: $4,158

Room & Board: $6,831

Deadline: Nov. 30

Phone 530-752-2971

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University of California, Irvine, Irvine

Total Enrollment: 17,153

Undergraduates: 14,224

Tuition: $3,878

Room & Board: $5,733

Deadline: Nov. 30

Phone 714-824-6703

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University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles

Total Enrollment: 35,558

Undergraduates: 23,925

Tuition: $3,858

Room & Board: $6,545

Deadline: Nov. 30

Phone 310-825-3101

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University of California, Riverside, Riverside

Total Enrollment: 9,850

Undergraduates: 8,381

Tuition: $3,939

Room & Board: $6,618

Deadline: Nov. 30

Phone 909-787-3411

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University of California, San Diego, La Jolla

Total Enrollment: 18,667

Undergraduates: 15,140

Tuition: $4,031

Room & Board: $6,897

Deadline: Nov. 30

Phone 619-534-4831

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University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara

Total Enrollment: 18,940

Undergraduates: 16,704

Tuition: $4,098

Room & Board: $6,407

Deadline: Nov. 30

Phone 805-893-2485

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University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz

Total Enrollment: 10,638

Undergraduates: 9,570

Tuition: $4,356

Room & Board: $6,900

Deadline: Nov. 30

Phone 408-459-2131

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University of La Verne, La Verne

Total Enrollment: 6,026

Undergraduates: 3,024

Tuition: $15,610

Room & Board: $4,920

Deadline: Feb. 1

Phone 909-593-3511

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University of Redlands, Redlands

Total Enrollment: 1,490

Undergraduates: 1,415

Tuition: $19,166

Room & Board: $7,274

Deadline: March 1

Phone 909-335-4074

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University of San Diego, San Diego

Total Enrollment: 6,694

Undergraduates: 4,356

Tuition: $16,575

Room & Board: $7,600

Deadline: Jan. 15

Phone 619-260-4506

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University of San Francisco, San Francisco

Total Enrollment: 7,975

Undergraduates: 4,695

Tuition: $16,740

Room & Board: $7,610

Deadline: Feb. 1

Phone 415-422-6563

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University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Total Enrollment: 28,342

Undergraduates: 15,430

Tuition: $21,374

Room & Board: $7,080

Deadline Jan. 31

Phone 213-740-1111

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University of the Pacific, Stockton

Total Enrollment: 5,585

Undergraduates: 2,762

Tuition: $19,365

Room & Board: $5,770

Deadline: Feb. 15

Phone 209-946-2211

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University of West Los Angeles, Inglewood

Total Enrollment: 133

Undergraduates: 17

Tuition: $6,030

Room & Board: n/a

Deadline: n/a

Phone 310-342-5200

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Westmont College, Santa Barbara

Total Enrollment: 1,263

Undergraduates: 1,263

Tuition: $18,804

Room & Board: $6,382

Deadline: March 1

Phone 805-565-6200

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Whittier College, Whittier

Total Enrollment: 2,104

Undergraduates: 1,277

Tuition: $19,550

Room & Board: $6,594

Deadline: continuous

Phone 562-907-4238

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Woodbury University, Burbank

Total Enrollment: 1,049

Undergraduates: 877

Tuition: $15,920

Room & Board: $5,728

Deadline: continuous

Phone 818-767-0888

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