Editing San Diego (section)

==Education==

===Primary and secondary schools===
{{Main|Primary and secondary schools in San Diego}}
[[File:View across the Quad at The Bishop's School in La Jolla (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[The Bishop's School (La Jolla)|The Bishop's School]] in La Jolla]]
[[State schools|Public schools]] in San Diego are operated by independent [[school district]]s. The majority of the public schools in the city are served by [[San Diego Unified School District]], the second-largest school district in California, which includes 11 K–8 schools, 107 elementary schools, 24 middle schools, 13 atypical and alternative schools, 28 high schools, and 45 [[charter school]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=San Diego Unified School District – Our District |url=http://www.sandi.net/20451072095932967/site/default.asp |publisher=San Diego Unified School District |access-date=May 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514203636/http://www.sandi.net/20451072095932967/site/default.asp |archive-date=May 14, 2011 }}</ref>

Several adjacent school districts which are headquartered outside the city limits serve some schools within the city; these include [[Poway Unified School District]], [[Del Mar Union School District]], [[San Dieguito Union High School District]], and [[Sweetwater Union High School District]]. In addition, there are a number of private schools in the city.

===Colleges and universities===
[[File:College West, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio (36).jpg|thumb|left|[[San Diego State University]]]]
According to education rankings released by the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] in 2017, 44.4% of San Diegans (city, not county) ages 25 and older hold [[bachelor's degree]]s, compared to 30.9% in the United States as a whole. Wallethub ranks San Diego as the 23rd-most educated city in the United States, based on these figures.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sandiegocitycalifornia,US,ca/PST045217 "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: San Diego County, California; California."] Census Bureau QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed March 15, 2019.</ref>

The largest university in the area is the [[University of California, San Diego]] (UC San Diego). The university is the southernmost campus of the [[University of California]] system and is the second largest employer in the city. It has the seventh largest research expenditure in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title=nsf.gov - Table 20 - NCSES Higher Education Research and Development: Fiscal Year 2018 - US National Science Foundation (NSF)|url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=ncsesdata.nsf.gov}}</ref>

Other public colleges and universities in the city include [[San Diego State University]] (SDSU) and the [[San Diego Community College District]], which includes [[San Diego City College]], [[San Diego Mesa College]], and [[San Diego Miramar College]].
[[File:University of San Diego (cropped2).jpg|thumb|right|[[University of San Diego]]]]
Private non-profit colleges and universities in the city include the [[University of San Diego]] (USD), [[Point Loma Nazarene University]] (PLNU), [[National University (California)|National University]]'s San Diego campus, [[University of Redlands]]' School of Business San Diego campus, and [[Brandman University]]'s San Diego campus. For-profit institutions include [[Alliant International University]] (AIU), [[Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising]]'s San Diego campus, [[NewSchool of Architecture and Design]], [[Southern States University]] (SSU), [[UEI College]], and [[Woodbury University]] School of Architecture's satellite campus.

There is one medical school in the city, the [[UC San Diego School of Medicine]]. There are three [[American Bar Association|ABA]] accredited law schools in the city, which include [[California Western School of Law]], [[Thomas Jefferson School of Law]], and [[University of San Diego School of Law]]. There is also one law school, [[Western Sierra Law School]], not accredited by the ABA.

===Libraries===
[[File:Geisel Library3.jpg|thumb|left|[[Geisel Library]] at [[UC San Diego]]]]
The city-run [[San Diego Public Library]] system is headquartered downtown and has 36 branches throughout the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/locations/branchlist|title=Branch Listing {{!}} City of San Diego Official Website|website=www.sandiego.gov|access-date=October 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903094446/https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/locations/branchlist|archive-date=September 3, 2016}}</ref> The newest location is in Skyline Hills, which broke ground in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/10/07/construction-begins-on-skyline-hills-library/|title=Construction begins on Skyline Hills Library|date=October 8, 2015|website=fox5sandiego.com|access-date=October 8, 2016|archive-date=October 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010235021/http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/10/07/construction-begins-on-skyline-hills-library/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The libraries have had reduced operating hours since 2003 due to the city's financial problems. In 2006 the city increased spending on libraries by $2.1&nbsp;million.<ref name="SpareLibPark">{{cite news|last=Hall|first=Matthew T.|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060412/news_1m12preview.html|title=Budget spares libraries, parks|newspaper=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]|date=April 12, 2006|access-date=April 22, 2009}}</ref> A new nine-story Central Library on Park Boulevard at J Street opened on September 30, 2013.<ref>[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/nov/16/new-main-library-creation-concrete/ "New main library is a creation in concrete"], ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', November 16, 2011</ref>

In addition to the municipal public library system, there are nearly two dozen libraries open to the public run by other governmental agencies, and by schools, colleges, and universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=San Diego Area Libraries |url=http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/libdirectory/index.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051103013223/http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/libdirectory/index.shtml |archive-date=November 3, 2005 |publisher=San Diego State University |access-date=April 24, 2012 }}</ref> Noteworthy are [[Malcolm A. Love Library]] at [[San Diego State University]], and [[Geisel Library]] at the [[University of California, San Diego]].