Editing Stockton, California (section)

==Education==

===Primary and secondary===
[[File:Burns Tower at the University of the Pacific.jpg|thumb|Burns Tower at the [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]]]]
Stockton is part of four public school districts: [[Stockton Unified School District]], [[Lincoln Unified School District]], [[Lodi Unified School District]], and [[Manteca Unified School District]]. There are more than 40 private elementary and secondary schools, including [[St. Mary's High School (Stockton, California)|Saint Mary's High School]]. Stockton is also home to public charter school systems including Aspire Public Schools, [[Stockton Collegiate International Schools|Stockton Collegiate]], Stockton Unified Early College Academy, and Venture Academy.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

===Post-secondary===

The [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]] moved to Stockton in 1923 from San Jose. The university is the only private school in the United States with less than 10,000 students enrolled that offers eight different professional schools. It also offers a large number of degree programs relative to its student population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pacific.edu/x5201.xml |title=A Broad Selection of Courses |access-date=February 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117035444/http://www.pacific.edu/x5201.xml |archive-date=January 17, 2010 }}</ref> The men's Pacific Tigers basketball team has been in the NCAA Tournament nine times. The Tigers have played their home games at the Alex G. Spanos Center since 1982, prior to that playing at the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium since 1952. The campus has been used in the filming of a number of Hollywood films (see [[#Popular culture|below]]), partly due to its likeness to East Coast [[Ivy League]] universities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.pacific.edu/x5086.xml |title=Hollywood at Pacific |access-date=June 21, 2010 |publisher=University of the Pacific |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002012913/http://web.pacific.edu/x5086.xml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Also located in Stockton are:

* [[San Joaquin Delta College]], which serves a district area that includes all of [[San Joaquin County, California|San Joaquin County]] and parts of [[alameda County, California|Alameda]], [[calaveras County, California|Calaveras]], [[sacramento County, California|Sacramento]], and [[solano County, California|Solano]] counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deltacollege.edu/sites/default/files/documents/imported/sjdccdfactsheet201415final.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007102159/https://www.deltacollege.edu/sites/default/files/documents/imported/sjdccdfactsheet201415final.pdf |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |url-status=live|title=San Joaquin Delta College Fact Sheet|publisher=San Joaquin Delta College|website=deltacollege.edu/|access-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref>
* [[California State University, Stanislaus]] established a Stockton campus on the grounds of the former [[Stockton State Hospital]]. The hospital was the first state [[mental institution]] in California;
* [[Humphreys University]], a private non-profit institution offering undergraduate and graduate degrees including a [[Juris Doctor]] from the Laurence Drivon School of Law
* Kaplan College of Stockton
* Christian Life College, a private four-year Bible college offering associate and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Bible and theology or Christian music
* MTI Business College
* UEI College