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Santa Clara University and University of the Pacific were both founded in 1851. Santa Clara University (originally named Santa Clara College) was the first to open, and University of the Pacific (originally named California Wesleyan College, then College of the Pacific) was California's first chartered university (July 10, 1851). Pacific's main campus is now in Stockton, in addition to a law school in Sacramento and a dental school in San Francisco.

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