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Universities & Colleges in Central California

A wealth of wonderful universities and colleges, both public and private, call Central California home, including many fine University of California and California State University schools. Ranging from UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz to UC Davis and Fresno State University, these inimitable institutions of higher learning create an inviting environment for students of all backgrounds to grow and succeed. And where there's a stellar Central California university or college, you can be sure that an inviting Days Inn hotel is not far behind.

University of California Davis

One of the nation's top public research universities, UC Davis is truly one of the last "small-town universities." The campus is set in the heart of the Central Valley on 5,300 acres in beautiful Davis. UC Davis offers more than 110 undergraduate majors and 70-plus graduate programs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the College of Engineering and the College of Letters and Science. www.ucdavis.com [ Back to Top ]

University of California Merced

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UC Merced is the first new American research university in the 21^st century, with a mission of teaching, research and service. The campus opened September 5, 2005, near Lake Yosemite, California.

 

We have three schools:

 

·         School of Engineering

 

·         School of Natural Sciences

 

·         School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

 

In addition, our administration is planning two new schools:

 

·         School of Management

 

·         School of Medicine

 

      i.        There is an ever-expanding list of majors, minors and graduate programs taught by more than 90 full-time faculty and dozens of lecturers, who have come to us from some of the world's top-ranked universities.

 

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University of California Santa Barbara

Situated on 989 acres on the stunning Central California coast, 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles, CSB is one of 62 institutions in the prestigious Association of American Universities. For the second time, UCSB was named one of the country's hottest colleges in the Newsweek/Kaplan "America's Hottest Colleges" guide for 2005.

In addition to winners, UCSB's faculty includes elected fellows and outstanding professors. More than 200 majors, degrees, and credentials are offered through UCSB's five schools and the Graduate Division. www.ucsb.edu [ Back to Top ]

University of California, Santa Cruz

Founded in 1965, the University of California, Santa Cruz enroll about 14,000 students who pursue 56 majors in the schools of arts, engineering, humanities, physical & biological sciences, and social sciences. In 2002, U.S. News and World Report named UC Santa Cruz the 28th best public campus in the country. Faculty who have been contributed to Santa Cruz include 11 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 19 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and two members of the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine. [ Back to Top ]