National University
San Diego, CA · Private university
3 minwalk to the closest stay
2stays inside a 20-min walk
12stays inside a 10-min drive
One trip, several campuses
College visit hotels in San Diego, CA
4 schools in town111 places to stay measured
4schools,one trip
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By the numbers
4 schools in San Diego are on this site, with 111 places to stay measured around them. At 2 of them a place to stay is no more than about a 10-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge, and at 4 one is within about 20 minutes. The shortest walk we measured here is about 1 minute, at San Diego State University.
How to read these counts
A "10-minute walk" is our estimate from map distance to where the visit starts, or to the campus edge when we have not pinned that down; each school's page says which. Map dated November 2026. The full method
The 4 schools in San Diego
Northcentral University
San Diego, CA · Private university
19 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk7stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of San Diego
San Diego, CA · Private university
14 minwalk to the closest stay6stays inside a 20-min walk56stays inside a 10-min driveSan Diego State University
San Diego, CA · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay5stays inside a 20-min walk17stays inside a 10-min drive
Getting from one campus to the next
Our drive estimates between the schools on this page, from map distance with no traffic. Add time for parking at each end.
- National University to Northcentral Universityabout 4 min
- National University to University of San Diegoabout 8 min
- San Diego State University to Northcentral Universityabout 11 min
- San Diego State University to National Universityabout 12 min
- University of San Diego to Northcentral Universityabout 13 min
- San Diego State University to University of San Diegoabout 16 min
About these lists
Which colleges in San Diego, CA do you cover?
4 four-year schools in San Diego, CA: the larger public and private universities plus the liberal arts colleges families tour most. For-profit and online-only schools are left out.
Can you walk from a hotel to campus at schools in San Diego, CA?
At 4 of the 4, the map shows a place to stay no more than about a 20-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge. Each school's page lists them closest first.
Do the pages cover graduation as well as tours?
Every page explains what its minutes run to, and the graduation guide covers when rooms sell out.
Where do the walking minutes come from?
From OpenStreetMap distances, turned into minutes by a fixed rule. Breakfast is listed for 4 schools' nearby hotels by brand standard. How the minutes are measured.