<p>Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo is about 10-12 miles from Avila Beach, and about 15 to Morro Bay.</p>
<p>Humboldt State is about 6 miles as the crow flies, but they're not beaches for the sunbather (pretty chilly up there).</p>
<p>I'd definitely recommend UCSD, USD, UCSB, and Pepperdine as the best schools on/near beaches.</p>
<p>Connecticut College- 5-10 minutes to Long Island Sound. On clear days you can see the ocean from campus :)</p>
<p>salisbury univeristy</p>
<p>College of the Atlantic has a beach, albiet a rocky one(which is great for studying intertidal zones I might add).</p>