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Colleges In Northern California and Nevada

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There are over 550,000 collegians in our district (which includes Northern California from Merced up to the Oregon border, and includes the entire state of Nevada). Most colleges fall along either the I-80 system or the Hwy 99 system, Vegas being the obvious exeption to that generalization. The data below was gathered from public government databases (see the bottom of the page). If you see anything wrong or outdated, please fix it.

Colleges With More Than 10,000 Students

  1. University Of California-Berkeley http://www.berkeley.edu (Berkeley, CA): 29690 students (5091 in dorms)
  2. California State University-Sacramento http://www.csus.edu (Sacramento, CA): 28,350 students (1020 in dorms)
  3. University Of California-Davis http://www.ucdavis.edu (Davis, CA): 24405 students (6009 in dorms)
  4. San Francisco State University http://www.sfsu.edu (San Francisco, CA): 21,373 students (851 in dorms)
  5. San Jose State University http://www.sjsu.edu (San Jose, CA): 20861 students (2179 in dorms)
  6. City College Of San Francisco http://www.ccsf.cc.ca.us (San Francisco, CA): 17819 students
  7. University Of Nevada-Las Vegas http://www.unlv.edu (Las Vegas, NV): 15686 students (1100 in dorms)
  8. Stanford University http://www.stanford.edu/ (Stanford, CA): 14955 students (9875 in dorms)
  9. California State University-Chico http://www.csuchico.edu (Chico, CA): 14658 students (1796 in dorms)
  10. American River College http://www.arc.losrios.cc.ca.us/ (Sacramento, CA): 13984 students
  11. Community College Of Southern Nevada http://www.ccsn.nevada.edu (Las Vegas, NV): 13686 students
  12. Santa Rosa Junior College http://www.santarosa.edu (Santa Rosa, CA): 13542 students (72 in dorms)
  13. De Anza College http://www.deanza.fhda.edu (Cupertino, CA): 13197 students
  14. Diablo Valley College http://www.dvc.edu (Pleasant Hill, CA): 12029 students
  15. University Of California-Santa Cruz http://www.ucsc.edu (Santa Cruz, CA): 11773 students (4863 in dorms)
  16. Sacramento City College http://www.scc.losrios.cc.ca.us/ (Sacramento, CA): 10762 students
  17. University Of Nevada-Reno http://www.unr.edu (Reno, NV): 10375 students (1452 in dorms)

Colleges With 5,000-10,000 Students

  1. California State University-Hayward http://www.csuhayward.edu (Hayward, CA): 9988 students (400 in dorms)
  2. San Joaquin Delta College http://www.deltacollege.org (Stockton, CA): 9739 students
  3. Sierra College http://www.sierra.cc.ca.us (Rocklin, CA): 9313 students (134 in dorms)
  4. Modesto Junior College http://yosemite.cc.ca.us (Modesto, CA): 8428 students
  5. Cosumnes River College http://www.crc.losrios.cc.ca.us/ (Sacramento, CA): 7980 students
  6. Foothill College http://www.foothill.fhda.edu (Los Altos Hills, CA): 7415 students
  7. University Of San Francisco http://www.usfca.edu (San Francisco, CA): 7199 students (1780 in dorms)
  8. Butte College http://www.butte.cc.ca.us (Oroville, CA): 7061 students
  9. Chabot College|http://-1] (Hayward, CA): 6852 students
  10. Humboldt State University http://www.humboldt.edu (Arcata, CA): 6800 students (1355 in dorms)
  11. Cabrillo College http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us (Aptos, CA): 6638 students
  12. Sonoma State University http://www.sonoma.edu (Rohnert Park, CA): 6445 students (1971 in dorms)
  13. College Of The Sequoias http://giant.sequoias.cc.ca.us (Visalia, CA): 6295 students
  14. Santa Clara University http://www.scu.edu (Santa Clara, CA): 6229 students (2014 in dorms)
  15. Evergreen Valley College http://www.evc.edu (San Jose, CA): 6118 students
  16. San Jose City College http://www.sjcc.edu (San Jose, CA): 5713 students
  17. College Of San Mateo http://ocsm.net (San Mateo, CA): 5619 students
  18. Yuba College http://www.yuba.cc.ca.us (Marysville, CA): 5593 students (60 in dorms)
  19. Laney College http://laney.peralta.cc.ca.us (Oakland, CA): 5549 students
  20. [Merced College http://www.merced@cc.ca.us (Merced, CA): 5482 students
  21. California State University-Stanislaus http://lead.csustan.edu (Turlock, CA): 5443 students (353 in dorms)
  22. Shasta College http://www.shastacollege.edu (Redding, CA): 5251 students (124 in dorms)
  23. University Of The Pacific http://www.uop.edu (Stockton, CA): 5242 students (1791 in dorms)


Colleges With 1,000-5,000 Students

  1. [Ohlone College|http://www.ohlone.cc.ca.us] (Fremont, CA): 4870 students
  2. [Truckee Meadows Community College|http://www.tmcc.edu] (Reno, NV): 4615 students
  3. [Mission College|http://www.wvmccd.cc.ca.us/mc] (Santa Clara, CA): 4565 students
  4. [Academy Of Art College|http://www.academyart.edu] (San Francisco, CA): 4548 students (750 in dorms)
  5. [Skyline College|http://skylinecollege.net] (San Bruno, CA): 4335 students
  6. [Monterey Peninsula College|http://www.mpc.edu] (Monterey, CA): 4295 students
  7. [Los Medanos College|http://www.losmedanos.net] (Pittsburg, CA): 4244 students
  8. [College Of The Redwoods|http://www.redwoods.cc.ca.us] (Eureka, CA): 4071 students (150 in dorms)
  9. [Hartnell College|http://www.hartnell.cc.ca.us] (Salinas, CA): 4003 students
  10. [Contra Costa College|http://www.contracosta.cc.ca.us] (San Pablo, CA): 3626 students
  11. [Las Positas College|http://www.laspositas.cc.ca.us] (Livermore, CA): 3564 students
  12. [Napa Valley College|http://www.nvc.cc.ca.us] (Napa, CA): 3558 students
  13. [Saint Marys College Of California|http://www.stmarys-ca.edu] (Moraga, CA): 3545 students (1589 in dorms)
  14. [University Of California-San Francisco|http://www.ucsf.edu] (San Francisco, CA): 3517 students
  15. [Golden Gate University-San Francisco|http://-1] (San Francisco, CA): 3092 students
  16. [Gavilan College|http://www.gavilan.cc.ca.us] (Gilroy, CA): 2791 students
  17. [Charles A Jones Skills And Business Ed Center|http://-1] (Sacramento, CA): 2704 students
  18. [Merritt College|http://www.merritt.edu] (Oakland, CA): 2646 students
  19. [College Of Alameda|http://www.peralta.cc.ca.us] (Alameda, CA): 2450 students
  20. [Canada College|http://canadacollege.net] (Redwood City, CA): 2438 students
  21. [California State University-Monterey Bay|http://www.monterey.edu] (Seaside, CA): 2383 students (1427 in dorms)
  22. [Western Nevada Community College|http://www.wncc.nevada.edu] (Carson City, NV): 2167 students
  23. [Mendocino College|http://www.mendocino.cc.ca.us] (Ukiah, CA): 2080 students
  24. [Devry Institute Of Technology|http://www.fre.devry.edu] (Fremont, CA): 1864 students
  25. [University Of Phoenix-Nevada|http://www.phoenix.edu/nevada] (Las Vegas, NV): 1840 students
  26. [Vista College|http://www.peralta.cc.ca.us/vista/] (Berkeley, CA): 1728 students
  27. [Columbia College|http://yosemite.cc.ca.us] (Sonora, CA): 1634 students
  28. [Great Basin College|http://www.gbcnv.edu] (Elko, NV): 1570 students
  29. [California Culinary Academy|http://-1] (San Francisco, CA): 1486 students (245 in dorms)
  30. [College Of The Siskiyous|http://www.siskiyous.edu] (Weed, CA): 1484 students (130 in dorms)
  31. [Lake Tahoe Community College|http://www.ltcc.cc.ca.us] (South Lake Tahoe, CA): 1386 students
  32. [Mti College Of Business And Technology|http://www.mticollege.com] (Sacramento, CA): 1316 students
  33. [Heald College-San Jose|http://www.heald.edu] (Milpitas, CA): 1309 students
  34. Sequoia Institute (Fremont, CA): 1249 students
  35. [Heald College-Hayward|http://www.heald.edu] (Hayward, CA): 1241 students
  36. [Lassen Community College|http://www.lassen.cc.ca.us] (Susanville, CA): 1231 students (105 in dorms)
  37. [University Of California Hastings College Of Law|http://www.uchastings.edu] (San Francisco, CA): 1201 students (300 in dorms)
  38. [College Of Notre Dame|http://www.ndnu.edu] (Belmont, CA): 1145 students (340 in dorms)
  39. [Bryman College-south Campus|http://www.cci.edu] (San Jose, CA): 1144 students
  40. Masters Institute (San Jose, CA): 1131 students
  41. [California College Of Arts And Crafts|http://www.ccac-art.edu] (Oakland, CA): 1106 students (122 in dorms)
  42. Heald College-Roseville (Roseville, CA): 1011 students

Colleges Under 1,000

There are too many to list them all. If you lead a college ministry and are reaching a smaller school, please add it here.

  1. Sierra Nevada College http://www.sierranevada.edu (Incline Village, NV): 600 students (100 in dorms) We don't have a ministry here, but it's one of three four-year universities in Nevada. I figured we should go ahead and list them all...
  2. Bethany College http://www.bethany.edu (Scotts Valley, CA): 577 students (dorm total unknown)

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note: due to the complexity of processing data (and the slowness of beauracracies), the data on these government websites is usually a few months to two years out of date

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