page_title: San Joaquin Valley
section_title: Educational institutions
hierarchical_section_title: San Joaquin Valley / Educational institutions
caption_attribution_description: San Joaquin Valley "Traveling Library".
context_page_description: The San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River. It comprises seven counties of Northern and one of Southern California, including, in the north, all of San Joaquin and Kings counties, most of Stanislaus, Merced, and Fresno counties, and parts of Madera and Tulare counties, along with a majority of Kern County, in Southern California. Although the valley is predominantly rural, it does contain urban centers such as Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto, Turlock, Tulare, Porterville, Visalia, Merced, and Hanford.
  San Joaquin Valley was originally inhabited by the Yokuts and Miwok peoples. The first European to enter the valley was Pedro Fages in 1772.
context_section_description: University of California, Merced, Merced
  California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield
  California State University, Fresno, Fresno
  California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock
  Fresno Pacific University, Fresno
  Humphreys College, Stockton
  University of the Pacific, Stockton
  Bakersfield College, Bakersfield
  Cerro Coso Community College, Kern County and surrounding areas
  College of the Sequoias, Visalia
  Fresno City College, Fresno
  Merced College, Merced
  Modesto Junior College, Modesto
  Porterville College, Porterville
  Reedley College, Reedley
  A.T. Still University, Porterville
  San Joaquin College of Law, Clovis
  San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton
  Taft College, Taft
  West Hills College Coalinga, Coalinga
  West Hills College Lemoore, Lemoore
caption: San Joaquin Valley "Biblioteca Ambulante" (Traveling Library) in 1972
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