section_path: Education/Colleges and universities
section_name: Colleges and universities
paragraph_text: Colleges and universities
  
  There are three public universities within the city limits: California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
  
  Private colleges in the city include:
  
  The community college system consists of nine campuses governed by the trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District:
  
  There are numerous additional colleges and universities outside the city limits in the Greater Los Angeles area, including the Claremont Colleges consortium, which includes the most selective liberal arts colleges in the U.S., and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), one of the top STEM-focused research institutions in the world.