Nonsense. There are 163,000 people in state prisons (2010), and 1,998,000 college students (1998)
I said university (not college) students.
Universities Only: 923,158
YearHigher Education InstitutionStudents2008Academy of Art University13,181 Alliant University - San Diego4,149 American InterContinental University229 American Jewish University209 American University of Health Sciences33 Antioch University Los Angeles697 Antioch University Santa Barbara369 Argosy University - San Francisco768 Azusa Pacific University8,548 Bethany University516 Bethesda Christian University299 Biola University5,893 Brandman University6,067 California Baptist University4,013 California Lutheran University3,499 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo19,471 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona21,190 California State University, Bakersfield7,684 California State University, Channel Islands3,783 California State University, Chico17,132 California State University, Dominguez Hills12,851 California State University, East Bay14,167 California State University, Fresno22,613 California State University, Fullerton36,996 California State University, Long Beach37,891 California State University, Los Angeles20,743 California State University, Monterey Bay4,340 California State University, Northridge36,208 California State University, Sacramento29,011 California State University, San Bernardino17,646 California State University, San Marcos9,148 California State University, Stanislaus8,601 Chapman University6,128 Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science255 Claremont Graduate University2,215 Coleman University532 Concordia University2,543 DeVry University7,234 Dominican University of California1,975 Dongguk Royal University187 Fielding Graduate University1,735 Fresno Pacific University2,436 Golden Gate University3,528 Holy Names University1,105 Hope International University864 Humboldt State University7,800 John F. Kennedy University1,567 La Sierra University1,899 Lincoln University438 Loma Linda University4,040 Loyola Marymount University9,011 National Hispanic University591 National University15,314 Northwestern Polytechnic University1,107 Notre Dame de Namur University1,478 Pacific States University216 Palo Alto University491 Patten University1,056 Pepperdine University7,614 Point Loma Nazarene University3,390 Samra University of Oriental Medicine155 Samuel Merritt University1,264 San Diego State University35,832 San Francisco State University30,014 San José State University32,746 Santa Clara University8,758 Saybrook University548 Simpson University1,147 Soka University of America384 Sonoma State University8,921 South Baylo University - Anaheim551 Southern California University of Health Sciences475 Southwestern University School of Law1,031 Stanford University17,833 University of California, Berkeley35,409 University of California, Davis31,426 University of California, Irvine27,631 University of California, Los Angeles39,650 University of California, Merced2,718 University of California, Riverside18,079 University of California, San Diego28,200 University of California, San Francisco4,444 University of California, Santa Barbara21,868 University of California, Santa Cruz16,615 University of La Verne7,511 University of Phoenix3,933 University of Phoenix - Northern California Campus2,344 University of Phoenix - Sacramento3,933 University of Phoenix - San Diego3,367 University of Phoenix - Southern California12,339 University of Redlands4,317 University of San Diego7,832 University of San Francisco8,750 University of Southern California33,747 University of the Pacific6,251 Vanguard University of Southern California2,149 West Coast University, Los Angeles Center1,093 Western State University College of Law384 Western University of Health Sciences2,393 William Jessup University462 Woodbury University1,545 World Mission University276 Yo San University139Year Total (2008) 923,158
