California Northstate University

California Northstate University is a private institution of higher education located in Elk Grove, California, United States. The university offers professional degree programs primarily in the health sciences, including degrees through its College of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, and College of Health Sciences. Its academic mission centers on preparing students for careers as pharmacists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals. The institution serves a student population drawn from across the United States and, in some cases, from international locations seeking U.S.-based professional training. Instruction is delivered through a combination of classroom lecture, laboratory work, and clinical experiential learning.

California Northstate University operates as a privately owned, for‑profit university and is not affiliated with any public state university system. Its distinguishing attribute is a concentrated focus on health‑science education, which shapes its curriculum, research activities, and clinical partnerships. The university has experienced notable cybersecurity incidents, including a ransomware attack in February 2023 that exposed employee tax records and a earlier data dump in December 2014 attributed to the hacker @MarxistAttorney. These events have highlighted vulnerabilities in the institution’s information technology infrastructure and prompted internal reviews of data protection practices. While the university continues to deliver its academic programs, the breaches have been publicly reported as part of the broader landscape of cyber threats facing educational institutions.