Cornucopia of Colleges
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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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Data source: Peterson’s, a Division of Thomson Information, Inc., copyright 1998. All rights reserved.
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