American Jewish University
Los Angeles, CA · Liberal arts college
9 mindrive to the closest stay
2stays inside a 10-min drive
Campus visits, state by state
Hotels near colleges in California
61 campuses2,014 places to stay measured
61campusesin CA
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By the numbers
61 schools in California are on this site, with 2,014 places to stay measured around them. At 28 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 44 one is within about 20 minutes. The shortest walk we measured here is about 1 minute, at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. For 1 of them the tour meeting place comes straight from the school's own visit page.
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
Every school we cover in California
61 schools in California, in A to Z order
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA · Private university
16 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk5stays inside a 10-min driveBiola University
La Mirada, CA · Private university
7 mindrive to the closest stay5stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia Baptist University
Riverside, CA · Private university
20 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk4stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public university
8 minwalk to the closest stay3stays inside a 20-min walk18stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of California, Davis
Davis, CA · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay10stays inside a 20-min walk15stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA · Public university
8 mindrive to the closest stay14stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay19stays inside a 20-min walk43stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of California, Merced
Merced, CA · Public university
19 mindrive to the closest stay9stays inside a 20-min driveCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · Public university
14 minwalk to the closest stay15stays inside a 20-min walk26stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA · Public university
12 minwalk to the closest stay3stays inside a 20-min walk5stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA · Public university
14 minwalk to the closest stay4stays inside a 20-min walk13stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA · Public university
10 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk7stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA · Public university
7 mindrive to the closest stay60stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
Arcata, CA · Public university
2 minwalk to the closest stay4stays inside a 20-min walk11stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Pomona, CA · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay5stays inside a 20-min walk7stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA · Public university
3 minwalk to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min walk5stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, Channel Islands
Camarillo, CA · Public university
12 mindrive to the closest stay11stays inside a 20-min driveCalifornia State University, Chico
Chico, CA · Public university
3 minwalk to the closest stay6stays inside a 20-min walk20stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA · Public university
10 minwalk to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min walk9stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, East Bay
Hayward, CA · Public university
20 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk2stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, Fresno
Fresno, CA · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay9stays inside a 20-min walk40stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA · Public university
16 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk9stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA · Public university
10 minwalk to the closest stay8stays inside a 20-min walk32stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · Public university
15 minwalk to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min walk13stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, Monterey Bay
Seaside, CA · Public university
7 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk4stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA · Public university
7 mindrive to the closest stay2stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, Sacramento
Sacramento, CA · Public university
8 minwalk to the closest stay5stays inside a 20-min walk10stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA · Public university
6 mindrive to the closest stay2stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, San Marcos
San Marcos, CA · Public university
6 minwalk to the closest stay3stays inside a 20-min walk4stays inside a 10-min driveCalifornia State University, Stanislaus
Turlock, CA · Public university
7 mindrive to the closest stay7stays inside a 10-min driveChapman University
Orange, CA · Private university
2 minwalk to the closest stay3stays inside a 20-min walk19stays inside a 10-min driveClaremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA · Liberal arts college
17 minwalk to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min walk7stays inside a 10-min driveHarvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA · Liberal arts college
16 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk7stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of La Verne
La Verne, CA · Private university
7 mindrive to the closest stay3stays inside a 10-min driveLoyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA · Private university
1 minwalk to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min walk47stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Massachusetts Global
Aliso Viejo, CA · Public university
3 minwalk to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min walk4stays inside a 10-min driveNational University
San Diego, CA · Private university
3 minwalk to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min walk12stays inside a 10-min driveNorthcentral University
San Diego, CA · Private university
19 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk7stays inside a 10-min driveOccidental College
Los Angeles, CA · Liberal arts college
3 minwalk to the closest stay4stays inside a 20-min walk9stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of the Pacific
Stockton, CA · Private university
15 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk19stays inside a 10-min drivePepperdine University
Malibu, CA · Private university
7 mindrive to the closest stay3stays inside a 10-min drivePitzer College
Claremont, CA · Liberal arts college
6 mindrive to the closest stay7stays inside a 10-min drivePomona College
Claremont, CA · Liberal arts college
7 minwalk to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min walk7stays inside a 10-min driveProvidence Christian College
Pasadena, CA · Liberal arts college
1 minwalk to the closest stay11stays inside a 20-min walk18stays 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 driveUniversity of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA · Private university
11 minwalk to the closest stay3stays inside a 20-min walk60stays inside a 10-min driveSan Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA · Public university
7 mindrive to the closest stay6stays inside a 10-min driveSan Jose State University
San Jose, CA · Public university
4 minwalk to the closest stay13stays inside a 20-min walk35stays inside a 10-min driveSanta Clara University
Santa Clara, CA · Private university
6 minwalk to the closest stay8stays inside a 20-min walk49stays inside a 10-min driveScripps College
Claremont, CA · Liberal arts college
16 minwalk to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min walk7stays inside a 10-min driveSimpson University
Redding, CA · Liberal arts college
9 mindrive to the closest stay5stays inside a 10-min driveSoka University of America
Aliso Viejo, CA · Liberal arts college
4 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk3stays inside a 10-min driveSonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA · Public university
8 mindrive to the closest stay10stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA · Private university
1 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk45stays inside a 10-min driveStanford University
Stanford, CA · Private university
15 minwalk to the closest stay3stays inside a 20-min walk29stays inside a 10-min driveThomas Aquinas College
Santa Paula, CA · Liberal arts college
19 mindrive to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min driveUniversity of the West
Rosemead, CA · Liberal arts college
7 minwalk to the closest stay4stays inside a 20-min walk14stays inside a 10-min driveWestmont College
Santa Barbara, CA · Liberal arts college
9 mindrive to the closest stay11stays inside a 10-min driveWhittier College
Whittier, CA · Liberal arts college
7 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk2stays inside a 10-min drive
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About these lists
Which colleges in California do you cover?
61 four-year schools in California: 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 California?
At 44 of the 61, 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?
For 5 of these schools we've read the commencement venue on the school's own page and show it. 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 56 schools' nearby hotels by brand standard. How the minutes are measured.