The University of California,
San Francisco is the sole campus of the University of California system entirely dedicated to graduate education in health and biomedical sciences. It
is ranked among the top-five medical schools in the United Statesand operates the UCSF Medical
Center, which ranks among the top 10 hospitals in the country.UCSF is a major
local employer, second in size only to the city and county government.] A 43-acre
(170,000 m2) Mission Bay campus was
opened in 2003, complementing its original facility in Parnassus Heights.
It contains research space and facilities to foster biotechnology and life
sciences entrepreneurship and will double the size of UCSF's research
enterprise.] The University of
California, Hastings College of the Law, founded in Civic Center in 1878,
is the oldest law school in California and claims more judges on the state bench
than any other institution.
San Francisco State University is part of the California State University system
and is located near Lake Merced.The school
has close to 30,000 students.] and awards
undergraduate and master's degrees in more than 100 disciplines.The City College of San Francisco,
with its main facility in the Ingleside district, is one
of the largest two-year community colleges in the country. It has an
enrollment of about 100,000 students and offers an extensive continuing
education program.
Founded in 1855, the University of San Francisco, a
private Jesuit university located on Lone Mountain, is the oldest
institution of higher education in San Francisco and one of the oldest
universities established west of the Mississippi River.Golden Gate
University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university formed in
1901 and located in the Financial District. It is
primarily a post-graduate institution focused on professional training in law
and business, with smaller undergraduate programs linked to its graduate and
professional schools.
With an enrollment of 13,000 students, Academy of Art University is the
largest institute of art and design in the nationFounded in 1871,
the San Francisco Art Institute is the
oldest art school west of the
Mississippi.The San Francisco Conservatory of
Music, the only independent school of music on the West Coast, grants
degrees in orchestral instruments, chamber music, composition, and conducting.
The California Culinary Academy,
associated with the Le
Cordon Bleu program, offers programs in the culinary arts, baking and pastry
arts, and hospitality and restaurant management.
Public schools are run by the San Francisco Unified School
District as well as the State Board of Education for some charter schools. Lowell High School, the
oldest public high school in the U.S. west of the Mississippi,and the smaller School of the Arts
High School are two of San Francisco's magnet schools at the secondary level. Just under
30% of the city's school-age population attends one of San Francisco's more than
100 private or parochial schools,
compared to a 10% rate nationwideNearly 40 of those schools are Catholic schools managed by the Archdiocese of San
Francisco
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