page_title: Sacramento metropolitan area
section_title: Higher education
hierarchical_section_title: Sacramento metropolitan area / Higher education
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a photo of the Library Quad located on the campus of California State University, Sacramento.
context_page_description: The Greater Sacramento area, or officially Sacramento–Roseville, CA Combined Statistical Area, is a combined statistical area consisting of several metropolitan statistical areas and seven counties in Northern California, namely Sacramento, Yolo, El Dorado, Placer, Sutter, Yuba, and Nevada counties.
  The metropolitan area experienced a growth of nearly 20% in the last decade. In the 2000 census, the Sacramento MSA had a population of 1,930,857.
  It lies in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada regions of California. Greater Sacramento is anchored by Sacramento, the political center of California, the nation's most populous state with the largest number of representatives in the U.S. government, home of the California State Capitol and the secondary location of Supreme Court of California and was the original terminus for the First Transcontinental Railroad. Greater Sacramento also contains sites of natural beauty including Lake Tahoe, the largest alpine lake in North America and numerous ski and nature resorts. It is also located in one of the world's most important agricultural areas. The region's eastern counties are located in Gold Country, site of the California Gold Rush.
context_section_description: Greater Sacramento's higher education system consists of the northernmost University of California campus, University of California, Davis, California State University Sacramento ("Sac State"), as well as several community colleges in the region.
  Community colleges:
  American River College
  Cosumnes River College
  Folsom Lake College
  Lake Tahoe Community College
  Sacramento City College
  Sierra College
  Woodland Community College
  Yuba College
  California State University:
  California State University, Sacramento
  University of California:
  UC Davis
  
   
  Private:
  Alliant International University
  The Art Institute of California – Sacramento
  Drexel University (Sacramento campus)
  International Academy of Design & Technology – Sacramento
  Lincoln Law School of Sacramento
  McGeorge School of Law (part of University of the Pacific)
  National University
  University of Northern California, Lorenzo Patiño School of Law
  University of Phoenix - Sacramento Valley Campus
  University of Sacramento
  University of the Pacific, Sacramento Campus
  William Jessup University
caption: The Sacramento State library
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