page_title: Silicon Valley
section_title: Higher education
hierarchical_section_title: Silicon Valley / Higher education
caption_attribution_description: English: Mission Santa Clara de Asís (est. 1777) — in Santa Clara, California, U.S.
context_page_description: Silicon Valley is a region in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology, innovation, venture capital, and social media. It corresponds roughly to the geographical Santa Clara Valley. San Jose is Silicon Valley's largest city, the third-largest in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States; other major Silicon Valley cities include Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Redwood City, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Cupertino. The San Jose Metropolitan Area has the third-highest GDP per capita in the world, according to the Brookings Institution.
  The word "silicon" in the name originally referred to the large number of innovators and manufacturers in the region specializing in silicon-based MOS transistors and integrated circuit chips. The area is now home to many of the world's largest high-tech corporations, including the headquarters of more than 30 businesses in the Fortune 1000, and thousands of startup companies.
context_section_description: California College of the Arts
  Carnegie Mellon University (Silicon Valley campus)
  Cañada College
  Chabot College
  Cogswell Polytechnical College
  College of San Mateo
  De Anza College
  DeVry University
  Draper University
  Evergreen Valley College
  Foothill College
  Gavilan College
  Golden Gate University (Silicon Valley Campus)
  Hult International Business School
  International Culinary Center
  International Technological University
  John F. Kennedy University (Campbell Campus)
  Lincoln Law School of San Jose
  Menlo College
  Mills College
  Minerva Schools at KGI
  Mission College
  National University San Jose Campus
  Northwestern Polytechnic University (Fremont)
  Notre Dame de Namur University
  Ohlone College
  Palmer College of Chiropractic, West Campus
  Peralta Colleges
  Saint Mary's College of California
  San Jose City College
  San José State University
  Santa Clara University
  Silicon Valley University
  Singularity University
  Skyline College
  Stanford University
  University of California, Berkeley
  University of California, Santa Cruz, Silicon Valley Campus
  University of San Francisco South Bay Campus
  West Valley College
caption: Santa Clara University is ranked as one of the best universities in the Western United States by U.S. News & World Report.
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