Southern California

==Colleges and universities==
{{Main|List of colleges and universities in Southern California}}

[[File:Royce_Hall_post_rain.jpg|upright=0.9|right|thumb|[[University of California, Los Angeles]]]]
[[File:Beckman_Institute_Reflection.jpg|upright=0.9|right|thumb|[[California Institute of Technology]]]]
Public and private institutions in the region include five [[University of California]] campuses ([[University of California, Irvine|Irvine]], [[University of California, Los Angeles|Los Angeles]], [[University of California, Riverside|Riverside]], [[University of California, Santa Barbara|Santa Barbara]], and [[University of California, San Diego|San Diego]]), 12 [[California State University]] campuses ([[California State University, Bakersfield|Bakersfield]], [[California State University, Channel Islands|Channel Islands]], [[California State University, Dominguez Hills|Dominguez Hills]], [[California State University, Fullerton|Fullerton]], [[California State University, Los Angeles|Los Angeles]], [[California State University, Long Beach|Long Beach]], [[California State University, Northridge|Northridge]], [[California State Polytechnic University, Pomona|Pomona]], [[California State University, San Bernardino|San Bernardino]], [[San Diego State University|San Diego]], [[California State University, San Marcos|San Marcos]], and [[California Polytechnic State University|San Luis Obispo]]); and private institutions such as the [[California Institute of Technology]], [[Azusa Pacific University]], [[Chapman University]], the [[Claremont Colleges]] ([[Claremont McKenna College]], [[Harvey Mudd College]], [[Pitzer College]], [[Pomona College]], [[Scripps College]], [[Claremont Graduate University]] and [[Keck Graduate Institute]]), [[Loma Linda University]], [[Loyola Marymount University]], [[Occidental College]], [[Pepperdine University]], [[University of Redlands]], [[University of San Diego]] and the [[University of Southern California]].