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South Dakota

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”’South Dakota”’ is a state in the north of the central part of the United States, one of the so-called states of the Northwest Center. The name of the state is received from the name of the territory of the USA Dakota, which was divided into two states North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889. The area of Dakota was named after the Dakota Indians (one of the Sioux peoples) who lived on these lands.

The capital of the state is Pierre.

South Dakota’s nicknames

The Mount Rushmore State

Area

South Dakota area

Total 77,116 sq mi (199,729 km2)
Width 210 miles (340 km)
Length 380 miles (610 km)

 History

The Indian tribes Lakota and Dakota, belonging to the Sioux ethnic group, lived on this territory. White people appeared in these remote from European civilization places only in the middle of the 18th century, that is, two and a half centuries after the beginning of the conquest of America by Europeans.
In 1743 the lands of South Dakota were taken by the French as a part of Louisiana colony without notifying the local Indian population. The indigenous people most likely did not even suspect that in 1803 their lands became the territory of the United States. But nobody wanted to move into this depths of the North American continent.
But everything changed when gold was found in the mountains of the Black Hills in 1874. Gold diggers that had flown into the mountains came into conflicts with the Indians and fightings became more frequent. The Indians understood that new people wanted to take away their land. But despite several victories and the talent of the Sioux tribal leaders Sitting Bull and Raging Horse, the forces were unequal.

The leaders were ordered to capitulate, many Indians died, and the survivors were forced to live in reservations. In 1889, South Dakota officially became the 40th USA state. Just a year later, several hundred Indians were killed in the territory of the new state, near the Wounded Knee Creek. This event received the name “Slaughter on the Wounded Knee Creek” in history: here Indians, including women and children, were shot by the USA Army soldiers.
Even though several generations of Indians have already been born and raised on reservations, dreams of independence did not die. In 1973, for two and a half months, the Indians held the Wounded Knee settlement they had captured, demanding that the USA authorities reconsider all the agreements concluded since the 19th century.

In 2007, a group of Native American activists announced the termination of the agreements between the Lakota people and the USA government and the creation of the Republic of Lakota. They appealed to the fact that the standard of living in Lakota reservations is the lowest in the United States, the highest infant mortality rate, mass alcoholism, unemployment, and serious illnesses are prevalent. However, in 2008, the tribal leaders declared the inviolability of agreements with the United States.

 Demographics

Around 840,000 people live in South Dakota. The average population density in the state is about 11.08/sq mi  (4.33/km2).

South Dakota’s largest cities are Sioux Falls (about 160,000 inhabitants), Rapid City (about 70,000 inhabitants), Aberdeen (about 30,000 inhabitants), Brookings (about 23,000 inhabitants) and Watertown (about 22,000 inhabitants). About 14,000 people live in the state capital, Pierre.

TOP 5 Universities

Best Universities in South Dakota

* University of South Dakota
* South Dakota State University
* Dakota State University
* South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
* Northern State University

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Tennessee

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”’Tennessee”’ is a state in the eastern United States, one of the so-called states of the Southeast Center.
The name of the state, like many other states of the United States, was received from the languages ​​of the American Indians.
The first Europeans that explored the lands of modern Tennessee were the Spaniards. In 1567 one of them, Juan Pardo, recorded the name of one of the Indian settlements – Tanasqui. Apparently, it was this name that later gave the name of Tennessee.

The capital of the state is Nashville.

Tennessee’s nicknames


The Volunteer State

Area


Tennessee area

Total 42,143 sq mi (109,247 km2)
Width 120 miles (195 km)
Length 440 miles (710 km)

History


People came to this land about 12 thousand years ago. On the territory of Tennessee, the remains of several Indian camps – the “builders of the mounds” of the Mississippi culture (X-XV centuries) were also excavated.  The Cherokee Indians, the Yuchi, the Muskogees, the Chiasso, the Choctaw tribes lived there when a detachment of Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto arrived on this territory in 1540. The aggressive Cherokee confronted the arrivals.

The Frenchman Rene de la Salle, who explored the Mississippi Basin in 1682, set up his camp there and named it Fort Prudhomme. It was the first European settlement of the future state. By this time, the Indian population had dramatically decreased due to epidemics of diseases carried by Europeans, to which the aborigines did not have immunity. But the Cherokee, who fought on the side of the French, turned out to be the most persistent, and in 1760 they captured and destroyed Fort Loudon. In 1762, the “war with the French and the Indians,” as the British called it, ended in a peace agreement, and the settlement of the north-eastern part of the territory began. In 1772, the settlers created a self-government body. Then residents turned to Congress asking them to accept this territory as a state. Congress refused. In 1789, Franklin was returned to North Carolina. In response to the Franklin protests, the government took Franklin under its direct control and incorporated it into the South-West Territory.

June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the state of the USA. Its Constitution guaranteed universal suffrage, regardless of religion and property status, which in those days not all states allowed themselves to proclaim.
Tennessee, like all other states, has a nickname, “The Volunteer State.” The nickname appeared in 1812, at the beginning of the Anglo-American War of 1812-1814 (1815), when many Tennessee men voluntarily went to war. During the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848, the state sent out the soldiers twice as much as the government requested. Civil War of 1861-1865 split the residents of Tennessee, the majority took the side of the southerners. In 1865, a secret racist society called the Ku Klux Klan was created in the state. It has repeatedly dissolved and revived.

An essential segment of the economy of services in the state is the transport and logistics services. The leading American highways pass through the state, and Memphis Airport occupies one of the first places in the world regarding cargo transportation; here is the headquarters of FedEx, one of the largest logistics companies in the United States.

Demographics


Around 6,410,000 people live in Tennessee. The average population density in Tennessee is about 159.4/sq mi  (61.5/km2).

The largest cities of Tennessee are Memphis (over 650,000 inhabitants), the capital of Nashville ( about 630,000 inhabitants), Knoxville (about 180,000 inhabitants), Chattanooga (about 170,000 inhabitants) and Clarksville (about 135,000 inhabitants).

TOP 5 Universities


Best Universities in Tennessee

* Vanderbilt University
* The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
* The University of Tennessee at Martin
* The University of Memphis
* Middle Tennessee State University

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Texas

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”’Texas”’ is a state in the southeastern USA. It ranks the 2nd place in the USA by the area of the territory after Alaska and the 2nd place after California by population.
In the Hasiinay dialect of the Indian language Caddo, the word tayshas means “friends,” “allies.” The name of modern Texas received from this word.

The capital of the state is Austin.

”’Texas’ nicknames”’

The Lone Star State

Area

Texas area
 
Total 268,581 sq mi (696,241 km2)
Width 773 miles (1,244 km)
Length 790 miles (1,270 km)

History

The tribes of the Apaches, Kadtso, Comanche, Cherokee, Wichita, and others lived in the territory of Texas for thousands of years. They were engaged in hunting and gathering, fighting for water sources, and even managed to create the beginnings of a new civilization.
Conquistador Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca became the first European who settled in Texas in 1528. The first settlement was founded by the Spaniards in 1682. The influence of the French was small, and by the end of the XVIII century, Texas, along with current Mexico, became part of the Spanish colony of New Spain.

Since the beginning of the XIX century, Texas was inhabited by immigrants from the United States, who founded most of the existing cities. In 1821, New Spain became an independent state of the Mexican Empire. But by the mid-1830s, the tyranny of President Antonio Santa Anna and the absence of any law in Mexico brought the empire to a state of disintegration. Texas expressed a desire to become a separate state. The Mexicans were against Texas independence. The Texas Revolutionary War of 1835-1836 began.
In the battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, the Texas army led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexican army and captured President Santa-Anna, who accepted the demands of the Texans in exchange for his life.
The people of Texas decided that they would become part of the United States. In 1870, the USA Congress officially included Texas into the country. Texas became the first independent country, directly admitted to the USA as a state.

At the beginning of the century, oil fields were found on the territory of Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. Oil Fever has completely changed the economic structure of the state. Since the 1950s, Texas has become a center for scientific technology, education, and industry. Texas currently makes money from information technology, the oil and gas industry, the generation and export of electricity, agriculture, and manufacturing.

Demographics

Around 25 600 000 people live in the state. The average population density in Texas is about 108/sq mi  (40.6/km2).

There are three cities in Texas with a population of over a million people: Houston (about 2,100,000 inhabitants), San Antonio (1,330,000 inhabitants) and Dallas (1,225,000 inhabitants). Another three cities have more than half a million inhabitants: in the state capital Austin (820,000), Fort Worth (760,000 inhabitants) and El Paso (660,000 inhabitants).

TOP 5 Universities

Best Universities in Texas

* The University of Texas at Austin
* Texas A&M University
* University of Houston
* Rice University
* University of North Texas

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Utah

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”’Utah”’ is a state in the USA in the group of the Highland States, located in the Rocky Mountains region. It is bordered by Wyoming in the northeast, by Colorado in the east, by Arizona in the south,  by Nevada in the west, and by Idaho in the north.
The state received its name from the name of the Ute tribe (ute or yuttahih) that lived on this territory. The name of this tribe means “living above” or “living in the mountains.”

The capital of the state is Salt Lake City.

”’Utah’s nicknames”’

Beehive State, The Mormon State, Deseret

Area


Utah area

Total 84,899 sq mi (219,887 km2)
Width 270 miles (435 km)
Length 350 miles (560 km)

 History

The first people lived in the area of ​​the Great Basin more than 10 thousand years ago. They were mainly engaged in hunting and gathering. About 2 thousand years ago, in the area of ​​the Colorado Plateau was a culture of Anasazi workers. Then the Pueblo tribes settled here. By the time Europeans appeared, tribes of Utah, Payut, and Navajo inhabited this region.

The first Europeans in the territory of the modern state were the soldiers of Francisco de Coronado that were looking for the Seven Cibola cities. In 1843-44, John Freemont was the first who explored the area of ​​the Great Basin. In the 1840s, Utah served as a transit territory for many expeditions and settlers to California, including the famous Donner expedition in 1846. The first Mormons from Illinois came to Utah a year later.

On July 24, 1847, Mormons led by Brigham Young entered the valley of the Great Salt Lake. A year later, after the end of the American-Mexican War, the territory of modern Utah was ceded to the United States. In 1849, the Mormons created the “Honeybee State,” which stretched from Oregon to Mexico and west to the Sierra Nevada Range, and appealed to Congress for admission to the United States. Congress refused to recognize the state within such boundaries, but in 1850 it decided to create a smaller Utah Territory. Then there were conflicts of settlers with the Indians. They ended only in 1867 after the creation of Indian reservations here, as well as the struggle of the federal authorities with the Mormons. The completion of the transcontinental railway in 1869 contributed to the intensive influx of immigrants, including non-Mormons, to the development of agriculture and industry. In 1896, Utah became the state in the United States.

In the late XIX-early XX centuries, numerous deposits of silver, gold, zinc, copper and other minerals were discovered here. Thanks to the development of the irrigation system, the expansion of agricultural land began. Military orders during the period of both world wars contributed to the development of the processing and mining industries. In the 1960s, there was intense urbanization on the state. Between 1968-90, the state’s population grew by almost 70%. In the 1980s, the diversification of the economy began with a predominant increase in the role of the service sector and tourism.

Demographics

Around 2,860,000 people live in Utah. The average population density in the state is about 36.53/sq mi  (14.12/km2).

Utah’s largest cities are the capital of Salt Lake City (about 190,000 inhabitants), West Valley City (about 130,000 inhabitants), Provo (about 115,000 inhabitants), West Jordan (about 105,000 inhabitants) and Orem ( about 90,000 inhabitants). All of them are located in the same region, at the foot of the western slope of the Wasatch ridge.

 TOP 5 Universities

Best Universities in Utah

* The University of Utah
* Brigham Young University
* Utah State University
* Weber State University
* Utah Valley University

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Vermont

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”’Vermont”’ is a small state in the northeastern United States, part of the Northeastern United States region. The name of the state is received from French. It was the French that first settled on this lands. The word “Vermont” comes from the French vert mont, which means “green mountain.”

The capital of Vermont is Montpelier.

Vermont’s nicknames

The Green Mountain State

Area


Alabama area

Total 9,616 sq mi (24,923 km2)
Width 80 miles (130 km)
Length 160 miles (260 km)

History

Nomadic Indian tribes were the first people who settled in Vermont about 8,000 years ago. The representatives of the Algonquian group (Abenaki and Mohicans) lived here.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the French began to develop these lands. The first Vermont European explorer was Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), who explored the St. Lawrence River area. However, the French seaman, diplomat and geographer Samuel de Champlain (1574-1635) became the “official” explorer of these lands. He announced that the new overseas territory belonged to France and gave it a name. In 1666, the first settlement, the fort of St. Anne, grew by French settlers on the island of le-la-Motte.

Some politicians considered about an alliance with British Canada, but most residents chose an agreement with the United States.
Since the time of the first European settlements, territorial conflicts have arisen. The clashes between the British and the French almost did not end. As a result, the English got the land because of the victory in the French-Indian War (1754-1763).

In 1776, the independence of the territory of Vermont was declared, and in 1777 the “Republic of the Green Mountains” was formed, later renamed to Vermont. It had its own progressive Constitution, which for the first time in America prohibited slavery. The freedom-loving republic actively manifested itself in the war for the independence of the United States (1775-1783). One of the most important battles took place near Bennington on August 16, 1777. This day is still celebrated in the state as a public holiday.
The Republic of Vermont existed for 14 years sovereignly, and in 1791 it became the fourteenth USA state.

At first, the state was trying to develop agriculture, but climatic conditions were not favorable, and Vermonters retrained in sheep breeding and wool production. Manufacturers from Australia, South America and the western states of the United States pushed them out of this niche. Then Vermonters engaged in dairy farming and quite succeeded in this.

Demographics

Around 625,000 people live in Vermont. The average population density in the state is about  67.7/sq mi  (26.1/km2).

The largest cities of Vermont are Burlington (about 42,000 inhabitants), South Burlington (about 18,000 inhabitants), Rutland (about 17,000 inhabitants) and Barre (about 10,000 inhabitants). About 9,000 people live in the state capital, Montpelier (the smallest state capital of the United States in population).

TOP 5 Universities

Best Universities in Vermont

* University of Vermont
* Middlebury College
* Champlain College
* Norwich University
* Saint Michael’s College

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Virgina

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”’Virginia”’, officially Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the eastern United States, one of the so-called South Atlantic states, part of the southern region of the United States.
The first English colony in North America, and later the state of Virginia, were named after the Queen of England Elizabeth I. Elizabeth I, who was never married, was called The Virgin Queen.

The capital of the state is Richmond.

Virginia’s nicknames


Old Dominion, Mother of Presidents and the Mother of Statesmen


Area


Virginia area

Total 42,774.2 sq mi (110,785.67 km2)
Width 200 miles (320 km)
Length 430 miles (690 km)

History


The first people appeared on this territory about 12 thousand years ago. Native Indian tribes of Cherokee, Chickahominy,  and Meherrin, belonging to the Algonquin, Iroquois and Sioux ethnic groups, lived here.
In the 16th century, several European expeditions, including Spanish Jesuits, explored these lands. England was the first that settled itself here, creating the colonial province of Virginia. At the beginning of the 17th century, the London Virginia Company was established to deal with the affairs of the future state and other English colonies in these places.
The Virginia colony flourished through the use of slave labor in tobacco plantations. The first crop of tobacco in the European colonies was collected in 1612 in Jamestown (Virginia). Very quickly, tobacco became one of the main things of virgin exports and was even used by colonists as a cash equivalent in barter trade.

In the 18th century, the British parliament decided to raise taxes in its North American colonies, since England needed funds to wage wars in France and India. Residents of Virginia actively resisted this, along with other colonies of England, and in 1776 Virginia proclaimed sovereignty. One of the authors of the Declaration of Independence of the United States became the Virginian Thomas Jefferson, the future third president of the United States.
In 1780, at the height of the North American Revolution (1775-1783) and the struggle against the British, the capital of the United States was moved to Richmond. June 25, 1788, Virginia was the tenth and the largest of the first thirteen USA states. After the American Revolutionary War, Virginia became the political center of the country. In this state were born eight presidents of the USA.

The peaceful development of the economy of Virginia was prevented by the Civil War of 1861-1865. Virginia sided with the Confederate southerners, became the capital of the Confederation and turned into a battlefield. It was here that the main battles of the war took place: at Bul-Ran, Petersburg, Frederiksberg. And here in 1865 in the town of Appomattox, General Robert E. Lee signed the act of surrender of the Confederates.
The development of the economy and the tremendous influx of tourists into the state are generally favored by pleasant weather, despite frequent hurricanes.

Demographics



Around eight million one hundred thousand people live in Virginia. The average population density is about 206.7/sq mi  (79.8/km2).

The largest city in the state is Virginia Beach, with about 440,000 people living there. Other major cities in Virginia are Norfolk (about 235,000 inhabitants) and Chesapeake (about 225,000 inhabitants). About 205,000 people live in the state capital, Richmond.

TOP 5 Universities


Best Universities in Virginia

* University of Virginia
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
* George Mason University
* Virginia Commonwealth University
* Liberty University

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Alabama

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”’Alabama”’ is the state that located in the southern region of the United States. The largest cities are Birmingham, Mobile, and Huntsville. Most of the territory is located on the Mexican Lowland, in the north turning into the hilly plain and spurs of the Appalachian Mountains. Alabama has a subtropical temperate climate. The most important types of minerals are coal, oil, natural gas.

Alabama’s capital is the city of Montgomery, which during the American Civil War was the capital of the Confederate States of America in 1861. State status was assigned in 1819.

The name of the Alabama state is received from the name of the Alabama Indians who lived in the lands of the state, in the upper course of the Alabama River.

”’Alabama’s nicknames”’

The Heart of Dixie, The Yellowhammer State, and The Cotton State.

Area

Alabama area

Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km2)
Width 190 miles (305 km)
Length 330 miles (531 km)

History

The Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Koasati, and, of course, the Alabama tribe inhabited the state. Spaniard Hernando De Soto explored these lands in 1540. The French, led by de Bienville, founded the first permanent European settlement in the area of ​​the modern city of Mobile in 1702. France ceded the territory of Alabama to Great Britain in 1763, and in turn, Great Britain was forced to gave it to the United States in 1813. Spain kept Mobile up to 1813. The defeat of the Creeks in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend led to an influx of white settlers who made plantation slavery the basis of the economy. The city of Montgomery was the first capital of the Confederation. The state was seriously suffered during The American Revolutionary War.

The development of industries began by the end of the 19th century, but monoculture (cotton) led to a large-scale depression in agriculture, reinforced in 1915 by the invasion of cotton weevils. Changes in the economy in the 30’s led to the development of energy and the iron and steel industry. In the 1950s-1960s, despite severe racial problems, the state completely switched to the path of industrialization.

Demographics

The ethnic population of the state: about 74% – English-speaking Americans, about 25% – African Americans and 1% – Indians, Hispanic people, people from Asia. The majority of the population lives in cities. Most of the community is Protestant. For more than twenty years (since 1963), state policy has been determined by the governor-South Democrat George Wallace; Republicans began to win positions from the end of the 60s.

TOP 5 Universities

Best Universities in Alabama

* The University of Alabama
* Auburn University
* University of Alabama at Birmingham
* The University of Alabama in Huntsville
* University of South Alabama

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Alabama State Driver License

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Description

Rigid, plastic cart with two barcodes and a magnetic stripe on back. Star inside gold circle ar upper left indicates license issued on or after 6/04/13, and is compliant with REAL ID Act. Solid gold star at upper left indicates license issued perios to 6/04/13, and is materially compliant with REAL ID Act. License may show out-of-state adress. For CDL, black “COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE.”Director’s name may vary.

Minor’s license

Vertical format with, all in red, DRIVER LICENSE,”photo frame, “ÜNDER 21 UNTIL (date)” along left license edge, graduated license adds red ÜNDER 18 UNTIL (date)”below the under 21 statement.

Validation

State seal in UV ink, and state seal overlapping upper right photo corner.

Number

7 OR 8 digits unspaces, uncoded.

Term

4 years from original issue date, with 60-day grace period. Expiration of licenses issued to foreign nationals is same as that of visa or immigration documents.

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California

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California is the third largest state in the USA. It is located in the west of the USA.

California’s capital is Sacramento city. It is the most intense growing big town in the state. The people know the capital of California as the financial hub placed on the West Coast.

California’s nicknames

The Golden State

California area

163,696 sq mi (423,970 km2)
Width 250 miles (400 km)
Length 70 miles (1,240 km)

History

The earliest European, visited the California territories in 1542, was Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. He claimed the lands as the property of Spanish. The region received its name California because of the famous Spanish novel, published in 1510, which told about the fictional paradise island of California.
At the very beginning of the XVII century, navigator Sebastián Vizcaíno, a researcher of the California coast and creator of San Diego, Santa Catalina, Santa Barbara, and Monterey names, reaffirmed the Spain rights to this land. However, the persistent growth of California began only at the end of the XVII century, when Spain, trying to gain a foothold on the North American continent and to oppose American expansion, started sending colonists from Mexico to California.

In the XVIII century, the Spanish occupation began in the way of military campaign combined with a religious mission. The Spaniards under the command of Gaspar de Portola and the leadership of the Franciscan monk Junipero Serra carried out the colonization of California. In 1769 they organized the San Diego de Alcala mission (the current city of San Diego), and later another 20 missions that were one day away from each other. The youngest Spanish mission was San Francisco de Solano, founded in 1823.
When Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, California became its province. However, these lands attracted the northern neighbors of Mexico. The annexation of California was the result of the Mexican-American War (1846–48). The bitterness of defeat for the Mexican people aggravated the discovery of deposits of gold ore near the city of Sacramento. In 1849 the famous “gold rush” began there. Many Mexicans have not yet accepted the loss of California. They dream of returning this territory, and it does not even matter for them that tectonic forces are raging in its depths, causing frequent and intense earthquakes.
However, the danger that waits for the people of California every day does not reduce the number of its population. It is still the most populated state in the United States.

Demographics

Presently, California is the global leader in the modern technologies industry. Space flights, computer science, microelectronics, biotechnology are the basis of the development of the state.
Silicon Valley is a chain of cities that has the shape of an arc. It starts north of San Francisco and comes to San Jose. This area is known worldwide as the area of information technologies.

California is the most populated state in the United States (12% of the whole population).

There is no absolute ethnic majority in California. Majority of the population is still white, they followed by Latin Americans (almost a third), Asians, African-Americans, and American Indians. Experts predict that Hispanics will constitute an absolute majority of California’s population by 2040. The reasons for this are the massive flow of immigration from Mexico and the high birth rate among them.

TOP 5 Universities

Best California Universities

* Stanford University
* University of California, Berkeley
* University of California, Los Angeles
* University of Southern California
* University of California, Irvine

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