Founded 1971
Type Private, four-year, undergraduate, coeducational
Religious Affiliation Roman Catholic with a lay administration
Curriculum Fully integrated, ordered to wisdom, great books-based
Degree Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts
Combined enrollment 539 (50% men, 50% women)
Average SAT score ERW + Math: 1280
Student body From 42 states; Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Italy, Lithuania, Germany, Argentina, Scotland, Venezuela, Vietnam, Austria, Paraguay, France, and Ireland
Retention rate 96% of 2022-2023 freshmen returned for Sophomore Year
Graduation rates 79% in four years
81% in five years (2017 cohort)
Tuition (2023-24) $30,200
Food & Housing
(2023-24)
$11,200
Other Costs No additional fees
Financial Aid Program Loans; campus employment; grants; gifts from individuals, foundations; no government or archdiocesan subsidies
Accreditation WASC Senior College and University Commission
Combined Teaching Faculty 46 members (39 full-time, 7 part-time)
Faculty-Student Ratio 1:11
Classroom Environment Tutorials, seminars, and laboratories of 14-18 students
Libraries 65,900 volumes
Campus Sizes California: 845 acres
New England: 110 acres
Location

California: 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles Adjacent to the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County

New England: 100 miles west of Boston in the Connecticut River Valley 

Accolades #1 Best Value in Private Colleges — Kiplinger’s
Top Ratings for Academics and Value — Princeton Review
“Best Value” — Princeton Review
“Financial Aid Honor Roll” — Princeton Review
Top Tier — US News & World Report
“Best Value”— US News & World Report
Alumni Nearly 40% enroll in graduate or professional schools; 10% have entered the priesthood or religious life
Notable Alumni Awards Ford Foundation, Fulbright, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities Younger Scholars, Pontifical Academies Prize, and numerous graduate fellowships