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 439 (47% men, 53% women)
Average SAT score All: ERW + Math: 1301
Juniors: Reading + Math: 1243
Seniors: Reading + Math: 1287
Student body From 42 states; Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Retention rate 94% of 2018-2019 freshmen returned for Sophomore Year
Graduation rates 71% in four years (average for other schools: 39%)
83% in six years (average for other schools: 58.7%)
Tuition (2023-24) $28,700
Room & Board
(2023-24)
$10,700
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