I am thinking of moving to California preferably around San Fran so I was wondering about colleges? I don't want to go to a really expensive school but still a good one, so I would appreciate any suggestions and also you may suggest other schools in California as well.
San Francisco - 9 Answers
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A lot depends on your major, but SFSU is a good one to attend
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there is a very good university, UC Berkeley but it is hard to get into depending. but anyways a little to the north is Sonoma State University that one is easier to get into but its in the North bay in near wine country but its less crowded there but if u wanna get to the city it will take u like 45 mins...
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SFSU and Golden Gate university is very expensive.. If I were you, move here for a year to get residency then go to school.. you will save a ton..
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There are many great universities in and SF bay area including: Stanford, UC Berkeley, USF, but it really depends on your major.
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Inexpensive schools and California DO NOT go together. They are GOING to be expensive by most people's standards, unless your from New York, then everything will be cheaper. There are, however, many good schools around SF. SF State, Stanford, Berkeley, but inexpensive would have to be a community college. Get good grades and hope for a scholarship or a lottery winning. Good Luck to you...
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There are public colleges like City College and San Francisco State. There are private institutions like University of San Francisco and Golden Gate university. There are specialized schools like Hastings Law School and UC San Francisco Medical School and the lesser expensive Univ. of the Pacific medical and dental school. There are private art colleges like Academy of Art and S.F. Art Institute. Also some business colleges with no degrees. Every county has community colleges. It depends on what you want to study and how much prestige you want.
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USF Cal Berkeley Cal State Hayward City College is a really good community college and they have transfer program and vocational programs. San Francisco State is not a great school though very popular because it's in the city. It's super crowded and many majors have really difficult times getting classes and some times wait several semesters before getting into very much needed classes. Business is one of those majors.
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try a semester at city college (ccsf) first. try getting financial aid and renting books there. ccsf if one of the top transfer schools in the states. then you can look around at other schools that have majors you are interested in. also, sfsu is not a good school. impacted, messing up student records far too much, and really not worth it right now with all these "budget cuts"
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State schools are less expensive than the Universitys and they are still good schools. Ones close to San Francisco are San Francisco State University (SFSU) and San Jose State University (SJSU). I go to California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) and even though it's a great school, I still wish I would have gone to SFSU. CSUS is about 2 hours from San Francisco. There are also Universities nearby which are San Francisco University (USF), California State University, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, also known as Cal), and Stanford. These schools are more prestigious so they are harder to get into and cost a lot more. There are community colleges everywhere you go too, there is City College of San Francisco (CCSF) and Berkeley City College. I think there are some other private schools or technical schools also, it just depends on what you're looking to get into. There are a few art schools too, like The Academy of Art. All of these schools have good reputations so I wouldn't say that any are a bad choice. I have friends that go to UC Berkeley, California State University Sacramento, California State University Chico, and CSU Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. They all really like their schools, so really it is just a matter of what you are looking for. CSU Chico is located in Northern California aways above Sacramento and is a really small cute town with lots of college kids, people pretty much walk everywhere, and it's notorious for being a party school. Cal Poly SLO is in San Luis Obispo which is more central California and it's pretty close to the beach, and it has a super cute downtown area. CSU Sacramento is more of a commuter school so not as many people live right on campus but it's located right in the capitol of CA. So if you're going to want any kind of internships w/like politics, criminal justice, gov't, those type of things, then it's a good place to go. UC Berkeley is in Berkeley which is really close to S.F. (just a Bart ride away!). Berkeley is a really cool, laidback, liberal, artsy kinda place even though the school is pretty prestigious. I really love it even though some areas are a little sketchy. Lots of fraternities & sororities. There's a big community type feeling and there is always some kind of student action or activism going on. I haven't stayed at any other campuses to know what they're like but I hope this helps!
