A San Francisco Bay Area university earned a spot in the nation’s top five in the 2026 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings released Sept. 23. Stanford University tied Yale University at No. 4 for best ...

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. The University of California admitted a record 100,947 new first-year college students from California ...

California State University’s total fall 2025 headcount ticked up 4,000 students compared with this time last year. The growth is less than a percentage point increase, bringing the total across the ...

The University of California admitted a record 100,947 new first-year college students from California for the upcoming school year, a more than 7% bump from last year. The premier higher education ...