Private Colleges & Universities

A private college and/or university is privately owned, typically not operated by the government, and funded primarily through tuition, foundation monies and endowments established by the institution. Private colleges and universities accept financial aid and have some oversight and regulation by the government, however, their accountability is different than that of public colleges and universities.

In order to apply to these schools, students would need to create an account with
the Common Application website or via the Coalition website. Some colleges offer full tuition scholarships. More information here.

Private colleges and universities in Bay Area include:	Private colleges and universities in California include:
Notre Dame de Namur Menlo College Stanford University Santa Clara University Mills College California College of the Arts University of San Francisco Palo Alto University Silicon Valley University/Cogswell Polytechnical Holy Names University Dominican University of California	University of Southern California Loyola Marymount University Chapman University Loma Linda University Pepperdine University Occidental College University of San Diego Platt College California Southern University American Jewish University Point Loma Nazarene University California Lutheran University