Our Member Institutions

The University of Southern California (USC) is one of the world’s leading private research universities. An anchor institution in Los Angeles, a global center for arts, technology, and international business, USC’s diverse curricular offerings provide extensive opportunities for interdisciplinary study and collaboration with leading researchers in highly advanced learning environments.

University of the Pacific is a nationally ranked private university with three distinct campuses united under one common goal: to educate and prepare the leaders of tomorrow for professional and personal success. Pacific’s 11 schools and colleges offer more than 80 undergraduate programs and over 30 graduate and professional programs, including pharmacy, dentistry and law. Students can also choose from 12 accelerated degree programs in business, engineering, education and health sciences.

University of the West (UWest) is a private, nonprofit, university with a tranquil 10-acre campus located a short distance from downtown Los Angeles. UWest’s innovative curriculum educates, inspires, and prepares students to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex and interdependent world. UWest integrates liberal arts traditions with a global perspective to provide a comprehensive student-centered experience designed to equip students for success after college while nourishing mind, body, and spirit.

Vanguard University is a private, coeducational, comprehensive university of liberal arts and professional studies that believes its Christian community provides a supportive and challenging environment in which to pursue a quality education. Orange County’s first four-year college, Vanguard University has been equipping students since 1920. Located 10 minutes from Newport Beach and an hour from Los Angeles, Vanguard University offers exceptional academics, a strong spiritual climate, an authentic community, and endless recreational activities.

Founded in 1977, Western University of Health Sciences (WUHS) is a nonprofit, graduate university for the health professions, located near historic downtown Pomona. WUHS has nine colleges with over 3,800 students studying towards advanced degrees in osteopathic medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacy, nursing, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, optometry, dental medicine, podiatric medicine, biomedical sciences, medical sciences, and veterinary medicine.

Westmont College, a top-tier liberal arts institution, offers a personalized, Christian undergraduate-experience and a rigorous academic program on one of the countries most beautiful college campuses. At Westmont, students grow intellectually, personally, and spiritually while taking advantage of cross-cultural study experiences around the world and leadership development within the community.

Whittier College is a nationally respected college of the liberal arts and sciences, providing its students with big advantages that come from being small and personal. We are located in a beautiful location, between Los Angeles and Orange County, full of opportunities for research, exploration and community engagement. Whittier is nationally recognized for its diverse campus community and have an impressive record of preparing students for success.

Zaytuna College, the first Muslim liberal arts college in the United States, began in 1996 as Zaytuna Institute in Hayward, California. In 2017, Zaytuna College moved to Berkeley. Zaytuna College aims to educate and prepare morally committed professional, intellectual, and spiritual leaders who are grounded in the Islamic scholarly tradition and conversant with the cultural currents and critical ideas shaping modern society.

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The Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU) is comprised of over 80 independent, nonprofit colleges and universities, which make up the Independent California Colleges and Universities (ICCU) sector. The ICCU sector
plays a pivotal role in the development of the state’s model higher education offerings and in making California a symbol of innovation across the globe. Within California, ICCU institutions award 19% of all bachelor’s degrees, and 55% of all
graduate degrees, making them the largest preparers of California’s advanced workforce.

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