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San Francisco, CA Colleges and Universities: Find Career Education in the Bay Area

Published: November, 2010

Known popularly as the Bay Area, San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose form a hub that is known for high-tech companies such as Google, Yahoo, Intel and Cisco (Silicon Valley), as well as incredible views of the world-famous Golden Gate Bridge and Pacific Ocean. The Bay Area has a population of 6.8 million, with San Jose (894,000) and San Francisco (777,000) as the largest cities.

In 2004, this part of California boasted an average personal income of $49,276. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis, the average Bay Area resident earns 49% more than the average American. Average income has grown 7.6% over the past 35 years, just above the national average.

Supermarket giant Safeway and home-grown Hewlett-Packard are the Bay Area's largest employers, while Chevron, Wells Fargo and Gap also have their headquarters and large workforces in the area. Globalization plays a large and growing force in job creation in the area: 60% of Bay Area manufacturers' revenues come from overseas.

According to a 2004 AT Kearney study, five fields will continue to contribute to growth in the Bay Area:
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Advanced technology R&D
  • New product concept marketing
  • Cross-disciplinary research
  • Global integrated management

Three areas continue to weaken in the Bay Area:
  • Mass production
  • Back-office operations
  • Product and process enhancement

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Schools in San Francisco, California: Degrees, Diplomas, & More

Note: This list also contains online schools that accept students from California.

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Arkansas State University Jonesboro

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Work toward your degree with Arkansas State University Jonesboro.

Campus Locations:
  • Online
Programs:
  • Master of Public Administration
  • Master of Science in Education in Special Ed - Gifted, Talented, and Creative
University of Phoenix

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At University of Phoenix, we believe everyone deserves access to higher education.

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Campus Locations:
  • Oakland
  • Online
  • Livermore
  • San Jose
Programs:
  • BS in Business/Public Sector
  • BS in Human Services/Gerontology
Walden University

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Earn a respected bachelor's degree, master's degree, or Ph.D. online at Walden University.

Campus Locations:
  • Online
Programs:
  • M.S. in Management - Global Management
  • M.B.A. in Risk Management
Stratford Career Institute

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Campus Locations:
  • Online
Programs:
  • Electrician
  • Early Childhood Education
Heald College

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Heald College provides hands-on educational programs that can help students prepare for careers in the healthcare, business, legal and technology fields.

Campus Locations:
  • San Francisco
  • Hayward
  • Concord
  • Milpitas
Programs:
  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division

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Your creativity is a big part of who you are and where you’re going. To take it, and your future, as far as you want, you need an education that’s focused on developing your talents and putting you on the path toward the creative career that stirs your imagination. A collaborative education at The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, a branch of The Art Institute of Atlanta, is all about the work, the students who create it, and the instructors who guide them.

The first step is to explore these areas of study, and think about where you fit in an industry that runs on ideas.

Campus Locations:
  • Online
Programs:
  • Diploma of Residential Planning (C)
  • 3D Animation (C)
Full Sail University - Online

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Learning at Full Sail University has always centered around interaction and the exchange of ideas. Our online curriculum fully embraces this philosophy.

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Campus Locations:
  • Online
Programs:
  • Creative Writing, Master of Fine Arts (Online)
  • Entertainment Business, Master of Science (Online)
USC School of Social Work

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The USC School of Social Work’s MSW@USC offers the opportunity to earn a Master of Social Work degree through the Virtual Academic Center without relocating to Southern California.

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Campus Locations:
  • Online
Programs:
  • Master of Social Work
Argosy University

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Welcome to Argosy University

Argosy University offers doctoral, master's, and bachelor's degree programs to students through its seven colleges: Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Business, Education, Health Sciences, Undergraduate Studies, The Art Institute of California and Western State College of Law as well as certificate programs in many areas.

Campus Locations:
  • Alameda
  • Online
Programs:
  • Teaching and Learning (EdD) (Online)
  • Human Resource (MS) (Online)
The Art Institutes

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With an Art Institutes education, imagine what you could create.

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Campus Locations:
  • San Francisco
Programs:
  • Baking & Pastry (AS)
  • Culinary Management (BS)
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