Our Member Institutions

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University (SCU) blends high-tech innovation with a social consciousness grounded in the Jesuit educational tradition. SCU pursues new technology, encourage creativity, engage with communities, and share an entrepreneurial mindset. The goal is to help shape the next generation of leaders and global thinkers. Santa Clara’s undergraduate and graduate programs span areas ranging from psychology to sustainable-energy engineering and from theatre arts to business analytics.

Saybrook University provides rigorous graduate education that inspires transformational change in individuals, organizations, and communities, toward a just, humane, and sustainable world. Saybrook approaches education with a belief in the inherent interconnectedness of all things. As scholar-practitioners, faculty continue to question and offer alternatives to mainstream axioms-fostering positive social transformation.

Scripps College was founded in 1926 by newspaper entrepreneur and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps. Scripps today offers a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum, a robust intellectual community, a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and a rich residential experience designed to shape the next generation of leaders. The mission of Scripps College is to educate women to develop their intellects and talents, through active participation in a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society, through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity, and creativity.

Simpson University (SU) is a Christ-centered learning community located in scenic northern California. SU offeres innovative programs in undergraduate, continuing and graduate studies, as well as seminary. The SU experience is confirmed through its mission of developing each student in mind, faith, and character for a lifetime of meaningful work and service in a constantly changing world.

Soka University (SUA) is a private, nonprofit, four-year liberal arts college and graduate school, located on 103-acres in south Orange County, California in the City of Aliso Viejo. SUA is located in the heart of Southern California’s abundance of cultural, educational, sporting and adventure opportunities. Proudly founded upon the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights, and the sanctity of life, SUA offers a non-sectarian curriculum that is open to top students of all nationalities and beliefs.

Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) is a world-renowned center of innovation and one of the nation’s few independent architecture schools, offering undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs. Dedicated to educating architects who will imagine and shape the future.

Founded in 1911, Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCUHS) has been a leader in educating students to be caring, competent, and integrative healthcare practitioners, for over 100 years. SCUHS prepares today’s students for the healthcare system of tomorrow, through scholarship, research, programs, and clinical experiences that are evidence based and outcomes focused.

Located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University is recognized as one of the world’s leading research and teaching institutions. Leland and Jane Stanford founded the university to “promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization.” Stanford opened its doors in 1891, and more than a century later, it remains dedicated to finding solutions to the great challenges of the day and to preparing our students for leadership in today’s complex world.

Stanton University is a private, nonprofit, public benefit educational institution that provides services supportive of students’ efforts in succeeding academically, vocationally and personally. In order to fulfill its mission, the University strives to provide excellence in education by hiring well-prepared and experienced faculty and staff; by maintaining an updated facility that fosters educational growth in a pleasant and safe environment with modern classroom equipment and library facilities; and by providing excellent academic advising services to help students successfully complete their programs of study.

The Chicago School (TCS) has more than 4,300 students at campuses in Southern California, Chicago, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Online. TCS was established in 1979 and has been an innovator for nearly 40 years, evolving to become one of the leading graduate schools in psychology, and related behavioral health sciences. Integrating theory, professional practice, and innovation, TCS provides an excellent education for careers in psychology, and related behavioral health sciences, is committed to service, and embraces the diverse communities of our society.

The mission of The Master’s University is to empower students for a life of enduring commitment to Christ, biblical fidelity, moral integrity, intellectual growth, and lasting contribution to the Kingdom of God worldwide.

Thomas Aquinas College believes that to learn is to discover and grow in the truth about reality. This curriculum presents the arts and sciences of liberal education as a comprehensive whole. The curriculum is a sustained conversation in the form of tutorials, seminars, and laboratories guided by tutors who assist students in the work of reading, analyzing, and evaluating these great books. Students develop the lost tools of inquiry, argument, and translation.

Touro University California (TUC) provides graduate and professional educational excellence in the fields of Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant Studies, Nursing, Public Health, Medical Health Sciences, and Education. The TUC learning experience is student-centered, enriched by focused research and scholarship, and prepares future professionals for rewarding lives in service to others both locally and around the globe.

Touro University Worldwide is a nonprofit institution of higher learning established by philanthropic visionaries who are committed to developing a passionate, connected learning community that can help students achieve their individual academic goals. Administration and faculty of Touro University Worldwide are committed to social justice, intellectual pursuit and philanthropic duty. This philosophy is derived from the Judaic foundation on which the University was originally founded and a value system that welcomes all cultures and backgrounds.

Since 1891, the University of La Verne has been dedicated to the belief that a quality, values-based education enriches the human condition by engendering service, scholarly accomplishment, and professionalism. Though decades of growth have changed its appearance and reach, La Verne has retained its sense of purpose, seeking to provide students with individual attention to spark personal growth through intellectual challenge and development.

University of Massachusetts Global (UMass Global) was established in 1958 by Chapman University and was initially named Chapman University College. In 2009, the institution was renamed to Brandman University and became its own regionally accredited institution, accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). With a continued focus on the military, the university expanded its programs to include the adult learner and invested in hybrid, online, and competency-based learning modalities to meet the needs of busy adult students. In May of 2021, Brandman University formed a strategic partnership with the University of Massachusetts, and in September 2021, became University of Massachusetts Global, a non-profit affiliate of the University of Massachusetts system.

Students at the University of Redlands, a private, nonprofit university in Southern California, explore their passions and potential, through a personalized living and learning experience. Founded in 1907, includes a beautiful, historic 160-acre residential campus. Redlands offers more than 50 undergraduate programs and blends liberal arts and sciences with pre-professional programs, applied and theoretical study, traditional majors, and self-designed contracts for graduation.

With over 25 practice-based, fully-accredited professional and liberal arts undergraduate and graduate majors, University of Redlands is a non-profit institution dedicated to the student experience.

The University of San Diego (USD) sets the standard for an engaged, contemporary Catholic university, where innovative change makers confront humanity’s urgent challenges. USD’s values are reflected in the University’s rich Catholic intellectual tradition as well as its commitment to the liberal arts, which together ensure that its community of scholars are educated wholly — intellectually, physically, spiritually, emotionally, socially, and culturally.