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Higher Education
HIGHER EDUCATION
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
The Southern California region has over 100 institutions of higher learning. Nearly 45 per cent of adults in San Diego County over the age of 25 have some college education. One in three has at least a college degree. As a white-collar town, San Diego has comprehensive sources of higher education. The County is home to six universities, 32 colleges, multiple community college districts and 250 post-secondary schools. Over 200,000 persons are currently attending colleges and universities in San Diego.
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Research and development monies from the federal government are plentiful. As a world-wide hub for the high tech, telecom, biotech and biomed businesses, more than 300 private firms conduct research under government contracts. Currently, five Nobel Prize winners live here. UCSD ranks fifth among all U. S. colleges and universities in attracting federal research grants and first in the University of California system for the amount of federal research dollars spent on R&D. The November, 2009 passage of the $3 billion California Stem Cell Research Initiative had an immediate, positive effect on San Diego. Five hundred local biotech companies, already employing 25,000 people, are conducting research to alleviate human afflictions such as leukemia, juvenile diabetes, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. Thousands of scientists will be hired here in the next decade, thereby bringing more white-collar jobs, construction and venture capital.
UNIVERSITIES
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gillman Drive, La Jolla 858-534-2230 www.ucsd.edu
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive San Diego 619-594-5200
www.sdsu.edu
Calif. State University- San Marcos
333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road, San Marcos
760-750-4000 www.csusm.edu
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park, San Diego 619-260-4600 www.sandiego.edu
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Cuyamaca College
900 Rancho San Diego Parkway El Cajon
619-660-4000 www.cuyamaca.edu
Grossmont College
8800 Grossmont College Dr, El Cajon 619-644-7000 www.gcccd.edu
Mira Costa College
1 Barnard Dr, Oceanside 92056 760-757-2121 www.miracosta.edu
Palomar College
1140 W. Mission Road, San Marcos 760-744-1150
www.palomar.edu
San Diego City College
1313 Park Blvd Street, San Diego 92101 619-388-3400 www.sdcity.edu
San Diego Mesa College
7250 Mesa College Drive, San Diego
619-388-2600 www.sdmesa.edu
San Diego Miramar College
10440 Black Mtn. Road, San Diego 858-536-7800
www.sdmiramar.edu
Southwestern College
900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista 619-421-6700
www.swccd.edu
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