The University of California, Riverside

The University of California, Riverside is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system.

Address: 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521

Phone: (951) 827-1012

Acceptance rate: 54.7% (2013)

Mascot: Scotty the Bear

Enrollment: 20,956 (2011)

Colors: Gold, Sky Blue

UC Riverside is an ever-changing organism — growing, evolving and adapting. Understanding our past helps us plan our way for the future.
In 1907, the California State Legislature established the Citrus Experiment Station in Riverside to research agricultural issues facing Southern California.
In 1948, the University of California Regents approved the establishment of the College of Letters and Science. The college opened for classes in February 1954.
In 1959, Riverside was declared a general campus by the Regents and courses of study began to be developed. The University’s Graduate Division was established in 1960.

The University of California, Riverside is one of 10 universities within the prestigious University of California system, and the only UC located in Inland Southern California.
Widely recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the nation, UCR's current enrollment is more than 21,000 students, with a goal of 25,000 students by 2020. The campus is in the midst of a tremendous growth spurt with new and remodeled facilities coming on-line on a regular basis.
We are located approximately 50 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. UCR is also within easy driving distance of dozens of major cultural and recreational sites, as well as desert, mountain and coastal destinations.

The University of California, Santa Barbara

The University of California, Santa Barbara is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. 

Address: 552 University Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Nickname: Gauchos

Acceptance rate: 45% (2012)

Mascot: The Gaucho

Phone: (805) 893-8000

Colors: Or, Azure

Academic Departments of UCSB

College of Engineering

• Chemical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Materials
• Mechanical and Environmental Engineering

College of Letters & Science

• Anthropology
• Art
• Asian American Studies
• Biomolecular Science and Engineering
• Biological Sciences see Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
• Black Studies
• Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Chicano Studies
• Classics
• Communication
• Comparative Literature 
• Computer Science
• Dance
• Earth Science (formerly Geological Sciences)
• East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
• Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
• Economics
• English
• English as a Second Language 
• Environmental Studies
• Exercise & Sport Studies, Department of
• Feminist Studies, Department of
• Film and Media Studies
• French and Italian
• Geography
• Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies
• Global and International Studies
• Global Peace and Security
• Global Studies
• History
• History of Art and Architecture
• Interdisciplinary Studies 
• Interdisciplinary Courses 
• Islamic and Near Eastern Studies
• Jewish Studies 
• Latin American and Iberian Studies 
• Linguistics
• Marine Science
• Mathematics
• Media Arts and Technology
• Medieval Studies 
• Middle East Studies
• Military Science (ROTC)
• Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
• Music
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Religious Studies
• Renaissance Studies 
• Sociology
• Spanish and Portuguese
• Speech and Hearing Sciences 
• Statistics and Applied Probability
• Theater
• Women, Culture, and Development Studies
• Writing Program

Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

• The Bren School

Gevirtz Graduate School of Education

• Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology
• Department of Education

The University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university located in Davis, California just west of Sacramento. The campus covers 7,309 acres, making it the largest within the 10 campus University of California system. 

Address: 1 Shields Ave, Davis, California 95616

Acceptance rate: 39.4% (2013)

Mascot: Gunrock

Enrollment: 33,300 (2012)

Phone: (530) 752-1011

Colors: Aggie Blue, Gold

Review

As we begin our second century, UC Davis is poised to become one of the world’s great universities as it stays true to its mission to advance the human condition through improving the quality of life for all. We are already regarded as an institution with an extraordinary foundation of academic excellence and global impact. And in the coming years, we have enormous potential to build on these strengths and rise to even greater heights of distinction, scholarship and service.

In just my first year as chancellor, our faculty, staff, students and alumni have clearly articulated their desire to build on UC Davis’ unique capacity to excel in order to achieve an extraordinary future. But to realize this aspiration, to transform our university, we must chart a new course of action, an equally transformative vision to guide our actions and define our future. During the past year, I have spoken with many members of the UC Davis community and I have heard their many perspectives about our campus’s attributes and aspirations. From these many voices, a framework for UC Davis’ future has emerged. Aided by the comments and suggestions we have received from our campus community and external constituencies, we have developed “UC Davis: A Vision of Excellence,” to lead and inspire our collective journey for the next decade.

As we begin this journey, we must acknowledge the difficult economic circumstances of the present, even as we aspire to embrace the extraordinary opportunities of the future. I realize that achieving and maintaining this balance will be a challenge. But we cannot and must not neglect our responsibilities for today as a land-grant institution, or compromise our dreams for tomorrow — our dreams for our students, who deserve nothing less than access to a world-class education, and our dreams for a thriving California populace, whose well-being is so intricately woven with our own.

The University of California, San Diego

The University of California, San Diego is a public research university located in La Jolla, California, United States.

Enrollment: 29,052 (2012)

Acceptance rate: 35.5% (2011)

Mascot: University of California, San Diego Triton

Founder: Roger Revelle

Founded: 1960

Colors: Navy Blue, Gold

About USD

The University of San Diego is committed to academic excellence, Catholic intellectual and social traditions, and providing a superior liberal arts education for scholars of all faiths.

For more than six decades, the University of San Diego has been dedicated to the values originally articulated by its founders, Mother Rosalie Hill of the Society of the Sacred Heart and Bishop Charles Francis Buddy of the Diocese of San Diego.

Our mission and vision statement captures the values that have made USD a prominent Catholic university and a vibrant institution of quality higher education.

Our history begins with two extraordinary leaders who had a vision of a new kind of Catholic university and brought it to life.

Our Catholic identity gives USD a solid foundation in religious faith, ethical conduct, compassionate service and social justice.

Our strategic initiatives build our institutional strengths to chart a course for future excellence and growing societal impact.

Our community involvement enhances the education of our students and serves the needs of our neighbors and partners.

We welcome you to meet our administration, learn interesting facts about USD, check out the latest news and events and discover opportunities for working at USD.

Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is an American private research university located in Stanford, California in the northwestern Silicon Valley on an 8,180-acre campus near Palo Alto. 

Nickname: Cardinal

Acceptance rate: 6.6% (2012)

Football stadium: Stanford Stadium

Founded: November 11, 1885

Colors: Cardinal, White

Founders: Leland Stanford, Jane Stanford

Stanford Facts
Stanford University is one of the world's leading research universities. Stanford is known for its entrepreneurial character, drawn from the legacy of its founders, Jane and Leland Stanford, and its relationship to Silicon Valley. Research and teaching emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving. Areas of excellence range from the humanities to social sciences to engineering and the sciences. Stanford is located in California's Bay Area, one of the most intellectually dynamic and culturally diverse areas of the nation.


STUDENT ENROLLMENT
Undergraduates: 6,980
Graduates: 8,897

CAMPUS
8,180 contiguous acres in six governmental jurisdictions
Nearly 700 major buildings
96% of undergraduates live on campus

ENDOWMENT
$18.7 billion

RESEARCH
5,100 externally sponsored projects
$1.35 billion total budget

LEADERSHIP
President John Hennessy, since 2000
Provost John Etchemendy, since 2000

ESTABLISHED 1885
FACULTY
1,995 faculty members
22 Nobel laureates are currently members of the Stanford community
5:1 student to faculty ratio

SEVEN SCHOOLS
Business
Earth Sciences
Education
Engineering
Humanities and Sciences
Law
Medicine

The University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine is a public research university located in Irvine, California and one of the 10 general campuses in the University of California system.

Address: Irvine, CA 92697
Phone: (949) 824-5011

Acceptance rate: 42.4% (2012)
Mascot: Peter the Anteater
Founded: 1965
Colors: Blue, Gold

About UC Irvine

Since 1965, the University of California, Irvine has combined the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. UC Irvine’s unyielding commitment to rigorous academics, cutting-edge research, and leadership and character development makes the campus a driving force for innovation and discovery that serves our local, national and global communities in many ways.

The University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

Address: 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Enrollment: 41,341 (2012)
Acceptance rate: 22% (2012)
Football stadium: Rose Bowl

Colors: UCLA Blue, Gold
Mascot: Joe and Josephine Bruin, Joe Bruin


ABOUT UCLA

From humble beginnings to becoming the most applied-to university in the nation, UCLA has a history of rewriting it. Broad thinking and optimistic perspectives have always been our catalysts—allowing us to redefine possible time after time. In each field, across all disciplines and in every arena—greatness has become the UCLA hallmark.

Diverse, progressive and surrounded by one of the most influential cities in the world, UCLA operates on a global level. Consistently ranked in the top tier of national and international universities and powered by extensive resources, a renowned reputation, and most importantly, the will to make a real difference in the world—the result can be felt far beyond the campus.

The university alone generates roughly $5.6 billion a year worth of goods and services. Economically, this not only helps power the Greater Los Angeles region, but also through innovations, developments and active patents, UCLA is playing a central role in shaping the world we all live in.

The University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley, is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. The university occupies 1,232 acres on the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay with the central campus resting on 178 acres.

Address: 101 Sproul Hall, Berkeley, CA 94704

Acceptance rate: 25.6% (2011)

Mascot: Oski

Enrollment: 35,899 (2012)

Phone: (510) 642-6000

Colors: Yale Blue, California Gold

Founded in the wake of the gold rush by leaders of the newly established 31st state, the University of California's flagship campus at Berkeley has become one of the preeminent universities in the world. Its early guiding lights, charged with providing education (both "practical" and "classical") for the state's people, gradually established a distinguished faculty (with 22 Nobel laureates to date), a stellar research library, and more than 350 academic programs.

This California institution became a catalyst of economic growth and social innovation — the place where vitamin E was discovered, a lost Scarlatti opera found, the flu virus identified, and the nation's first no-fault divorce law drafted. Scholars at Berkeley have conducted groundbreaking research on urban street gangs and on basic human nutritional requirements, identified why wartime supply ships were failing at sea, invented technologies to build faster and cheaper computer chips, and imaged the infant universe.

In recognition of broad and deep excellence, respected sources have repeatedly ranked UC Berkeley at or near the top in fields ranging from engineering and the "hard" sciences to the social sciences, arts, and humanities. Case in point: A National Research Council analysis of U.S. universities concluded that UC Berkeley has the largest number of highly ranked graduate programs in the country. It ranked doctoral programs within a range (such as between 1st and 5th) and found that 48 out of 52 Berkeley programs assessed ranked within the top 10 nationally.

In accordance with UC's "public" character, the university has long served talented individuals regardless of means. As early as 1897, financial aid was available for "needy and deserving" students. More than a century later, UC Berkeley combines outstanding teaching and research programs with broad access for students of all means — educating more federal Pell Grant recipients from low-income families than all eight Ivy League universities combined. Close to 30 percent of UC Berkeley freshmen are the first in their families to attend college.