Motto Truth. Virtue. Service Established 1920 President Dr. Michael Beals Undergraduate tuition and fees 30,050 USD (2015) Total enrollment 2,115 (2011) Phone +1 714-556-3610 | Type Private, non-profit Affiliation Assemblies of God Students 2,552 Acceptance rate 58% (2014) Mascot Scotty the Lion Colors Blue, Gold | |
Address 55 Fair Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA Notable alumni Similar Hope International University, Concordia University Irvine, Biola University, Westmont College, The Master's University Profiles | ||
Vanguard university 2013 quick tour
Vanguard University of Southern California is an accredited, private, non-profit Christian university of liberal arts and professional studies in Costa Mesa, California, United States.
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- Vanguard university 2013 quick tour
- Vanguard university your story matters
- History
- Campus
- Organization and administration
- Academic profile
- Sport
- Notable alumni and faculty
- References
The school offers over 30 undergraduate degrees and emphases in 15 different departments. Vanguard University also offers adult-learning programs in its professional studies department and features six graduate degrees. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Ranked #12 in the Western Regional Colleges in 2014, The Princeton Review also named Vanguard University one of its 124 “Best Western” Colleges in 2014. Vanguard is named in the 2012-13 Christian Colleges of Distinction and was 99th on the Forbes list of best universities in the West.
Vanguard university your story matters
History
During the summer of 1920, Harold K. Needham, D. W. Kerr, and W. C. Pierce opened a school to prepare Christian workers for the various ministries of the church. The new institute, Southern California Bible School, moved from Los Angeles to Pasadena in 1927. In 1939 it was chartered by the State of California as a college eligible to grant degrees, and it became Southern California Bible College, the first four-year institution of the Assemblies of God. In 1943 the college received recognition by the government for the training of military chaplains. It moved to the present campus in 1950. Its name was changed to Southern California College nine years later when majors in the liberal arts were added to the curriculum.
Regional accreditation and membership in the Western Association of Schools and Colleges were granted in 1964. In 1967 the college received recognition and approval of its teaching credential program from the California State Board of Education. In June 1983 the Graduate Studies Program received approval from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. A Degree Completion Program was started in 1994 for adult learners. On July 1, 1999 university status was achieved when Southern California College registered with the Secretary of State's Office as Vanguard University of Southern California. The university comprises the Undergraduate College and the School for Graduate and Professional Studies.
Campus
Vanguard is in Costa Mesa, California, centrally located in Orange County and about halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego.
Organization and administration
In addition to its founding president, Harold K. Needham, Vanguard University of Southern California has had the able leadership of nine presidents: Daniel W. Kerr, Irvine J. Harrison, John B. Scott, O. Cope Budge, Emil A. Balliet, Wayne E. Kraiss, Murray W. Dempster and Carol Taylor. Vanguard inaugurated its tenth president, Dr. Michael J. Beals, on February 7, 2014.
Academic profile
The school offers undergraduate degrees in the following subjects:
The school offers professional studies degrees in the following subjects:
The school also offers graduate degrees in the following subjects:
Sport
Vanguard University teams, nicknamed athletically as the Lions, are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC). Men's athletics has six teams and women's athletics has seven.
In 2014, Vanguard won the NAIA Division I men's basketball championship in Kansas City, Missouri. In 2008, the women's basketball team won the NAIA Division I National Championship in Jackson, Tennessee.