Education

Colleges and universities

Sacramento is also home to Sacramento State University, founded as Sacramento State College in 1947. In 2004, enrollment was 22,555 undergraduates and 5,417 graduate students in the university's eight colleges. The university's mascot is the hornet, and the school colors are green and gold. The 300 acre (1.2 km²) campus is located along the American River Parkway a few miles east of downtown. A satellite campus of Alliant International University also serves the city with a number of graduate programs.

The University of California has a campus, UC Davis, in nearby Davis.

The Los Rios Community College District consists of several two-year colleges--American River College, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento City College, Folsom Lake College, plus a large number of outreach centers for those colleges. Sacramento has a number of private vocational schools as well.

McGeorge School of Law in Oak Park is the University of the Pacific's law school.

In the PBS KVIE building there is also an extension of San Francisco's Golden Gate University.

Public schools

Several public school districts serve Sacramento. Sacramento City Unified School District serves most of Sacramento. Other portions are served by the Center Unified School District, Natomas Unified School District, San Juan Unified School District, Grant Joint Union High School District, Rio Linda Elementary School District, North Sacramento Elementary School District, Del Paso Elementary School District, and Robla Elementary School District.

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