Colleges Near Santa Clara

College of San Mateo

• Public 2 Year
• San Mateo, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 23 miles from Santa Clara

College of San Mateo is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and astronomy. The hilltop campus overlooks San Francisco Bay on the Peninsula.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $5,831

Cabrillo College

• Public 2 Year
• Aptos, CA
• 5.0 | 2 reviews

• 26 miles from Santa Clara

Cabrillo is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and dental hygiene. The hillside campus in Aptos overlooks Monterey Bay.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $20,716

University of California Santa Cruz

• Public 4 Year
• Santa Cruz, CA
• 4.3 | 6 reviews

• 26 miles from Santa Clara

UC Santa Cruz is a public university known for undergraduate marine science, environmental studies, and astronomy. The residential-college campus sits among redwood forests overlooking Monterey Bay.

• SAT Range 1160-1360
• Avg GPA 3.63
• Acceptance Rate 66%
• Net Price $18,059

Las Positas College

• Public 2 Year
• Livermore, CA
• 5.0 | 1 reviews

• 26 miles from Santa Clara

Las Positas is a public community college known for undergraduate transfer pathways and career technical programs. The campus is in Livermore in California's East Bay Tri-Valley region.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $8,669

Merritt College

• Public 2 Year
• Oakland, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 31 miles from Santa Clara

Merritt is a public community college known for nursing and landscape horticulture. The campus sits in the Oakland hills overlooking San Francisco Bay.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $15,581

Northeastern University Oakland

• Private 4 Year
• Oakland, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 31 miles from Santa Clara

Northeastern Oakland is a private university campus, formerly Mills College, known for undergraduate liberal arts. The historic campus sits in a residential area of Oakland.

• SAT Range 1420-1520
• Avg GPA 3.57
• Acceptance Rate 17%
• Net Price $27,473

College of Alameda

• Public 2 Year
• Alameda, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 33 miles from Santa Clara

College of Alameda is a public community college known for aviation maintenance technology and career technical programs. The campus is located on Alameda Island in the San Francisco Bay Area.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $12,506

Skyline College

• Public 2 Year
• San Bruno, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 33 miles from Santa Clara

Skyline is a public community college known for automotive technology and respiratory care programs. The campus sits in San Bruno on the San Francisco Peninsula.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $6,639

Saint Mary's College of California

• Private 4 Year
• Moraga, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 34 miles from Santa Clara

Saint Mary's is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate business and a Great Books liberal arts program. The residential campus lies in the hills of Moraga in the East Bay.

• SAT Range 1070-1253
• Avg GPA 3.6
• Acceptance Rate 87%
• Net Price $35,332

Gavilan College

• Public 2 Year
• Gilroy, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 35 miles from Santa Clara

Gavilan is a public community college offering associate degrees in nursing and career technical fields. Most students attend the main campus in Gilroy in southern Santa Clara County.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $8,753

Laney College

• Public 2 Year
• Oakland, CA
• 5.0 | 1 reviews

• 34 miles from Santa Clara

Laney is a public community college known for undergraduate culinary arts and career technical programs. The urban campus sits near Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $17,741

Lincoln University

• Private 4 Year
• Oakland, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 35 miles from Santa Clara

Lincoln is a private university known for undergraduate business administration. Its campus occupies an urban site near downtown Oakland.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA 2.6
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price -

City College of San Francisco

• Public 2 Year
• San Francisco, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 36 miles from Santa Clara

A large public community college known for undergraduate nursing, culinary arts, and transfer preparation. The main Ocean Avenue campus and additional centers serve students across San Francisco.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $9,616

Samuel Merritt University

• Private 4 Year
• Oakland, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 35 miles from Santa Clara

Samuel Merritt is a private health sciences university known for undergraduate nursing. The urban campus in Oakland focuses on clinical training for health professions.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price -

Berkeley School of Theology

• Private 4 Year
• Berkeley, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 38 miles from Santa Clara

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 89%
• Net Price -

California Institute of Integral Studies

• Private 4 Year
• San Francisco, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 37 miles from Santa Clara

CIIS is a private university known for undergraduate psychology and interdisciplinary studies grounded in integral education. The urban campus sits in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price -

California College of the Arts

• Private 4 Year
• San Francisco, CA
• | 0 reviews

• 37 miles from Santa Clara

CCA is a private art and design college known for undergraduate programs in fine arts, graphic design, and architecture. The urban campus is in San Francisco.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA 3.34
• Acceptance Rate 91%
• Net Price $46,823

University of California Berkeley

• Public 4 Year
• Berkeley, CA
• 5.0 | 2 reviews

• 39 miles from Santa Clara

Berkeley is a highly selective public university known for undergraduate computer science, engineering, and chemistry. The hillside campus overlooks San Francisco Bay in the East Bay city of Berkeley.

• SAT Range 1310-1530
• Avg GPA 3.87
• Acceptance Rate 11%
• Net Price $16,538