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

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 and design-based education (interior, fashion etc.)
 * Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, part of the University of the Pacific
 * California College of the Arts, an Oakland-based school
 * California Institute of Integral Studies, in downtown San Francisco
 * DeVry University
 * The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM)
 * Golden Gate University, a private, nonsectarian university located in the Financial District of Downtown San Francisco
 * Heald College, in the Financial District
 * Hult International Business School (Hult San Francisco Campus)
 * Minerva Schools at KGI
 * New College of California, now defunct, was located in the Mission District
 * Presidio Graduate School
 * San Francisco Art Institute, now bankrupt
 * San Francisco Conservatory of Music
 * San Francisco Law School
 * San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
 * Saybrook University
 * University of San Francisco, Jesuit-run; located on Lone Mountain
 * Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, in the Financial District