加利福尼亚州是美国人口最多和接收国际学生最多的州。坐落在南加州的洛杉矶是该州最大的城市，仅次于纽约的全国第二大城市。加利福尼亚州是美国西部太平洋沿岸的一个州。北接俄勒冈州，东界内华达州和亚利桑那州，南邻墨西哥，西濒太平洋。
美国加利福尼亚州公立高等教育系统包括加州大学、加州州立大学，加州社区学院以及私立高校等。该系统规模庞大、机制完善,集统一性、多样性、协作性、广域性和复杂性于一体,有力地推动着加州经济文化的繁荣发展。
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the top state hosting international students. Los Angeles, in Southern California, is the state's largest city and the country's second largest city after New York City. Geographically located in the western part of the United States, California is bordered by the states of Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, and Arizona to the southeast.
The educational system in California consists of public and private schools in the U.S. state of California, including the public University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges systems, private colleges and universities. The diversity and flexibility of its higher education system helps to push forward and promote California’s economic and cultural development.
Please see http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=CA for Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in California.
