<p>On the other hand, Stockton is a horrible, horrible place to live. Really there are only a couple of schools that would be going to in Northern Califronia if you are out of state, because then you would get hit with out of state tuition.</p>
<p>As a Northern Californian, I would only recomomend two colleges for an out of stater, St. Mary's and Santa Clara. UOP is a respected school, but its in Stockton and not worth 4 years of living there. Most of the other schools are public or very medicore privates.</p>