Editing San Diego (section)

===Colleges and universities===
[[File:College West, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio (36).jpg|thumb|left|[[San Diego State University]]]]
According to education rankings released by the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] in 2017, 44.4% of San Diegans (city, not county) ages 25 and older hold [[bachelor's degree]]s, compared to 30.9% in the United States as a whole. Wallethub ranks San Diego as the 23rd-most educated city in the United States, based on these figures.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sandiegocitycalifornia,US,ca/PST045217 "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: San Diego County, California; California."] Census Bureau QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed March 15, 2019.</ref>

The largest university in the area is the [[University of California, San Diego]] (UC San Diego). The university is the southernmost campus of the [[University of California]] system and is the second largest employer in the city. It has the seventh largest research expenditure in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title=nsf.gov - Table 20 - NCSES Higher Education Research and Development: Fiscal Year 2018 - US National Science Foundation (NSF)|url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=ncsesdata.nsf.gov}}</ref>

Other public colleges and universities in the city include [[San Diego State University]] (SDSU) and the [[San Diego Community College District]], which includes [[San Diego City College]], [[San Diego Mesa College]], and [[San Diego Miramar College]].
[[File:University of San Diego (cropped2).jpg|thumb|right|[[University of San Diego]]]]
Private non-profit colleges and universities in the city include the [[University of San Diego]] (USD), [[Point Loma Nazarene University]] (PLNU), [[National University (California)|National University]]'s San Diego campus, [[University of Redlands]]' School of Business San Diego campus, and [[Brandman University]]'s San Diego campus. For-profit institutions include [[Alliant International University]] (AIU), [[Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising]]'s San Diego campus, [[NewSchool of Architecture and Design]], [[Southern States University]] (SSU), [[UEI College]], and [[Woodbury University]] School of Architecture's satellite campus.

There is one medical school in the city, the [[UC San Diego School of Medicine]]. There are three [[American Bar Association|ABA]] accredited law schools in the city, which include [[California Western School of Law]], [[Thomas Jefferson School of Law]], and [[University of San Diego School of Law]]. There is also one law school, [[Western Sierra Law School]], not accredited by the ABA.