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Vanguard University

Vanguard University
55 Fair Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Official telephone: (714) 556-3610
Fax number: (714) 966-5460
Website: https://www.vanguard.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 74%
Student:Faculty ratio: 17:1
Total faculty: 104 men, 122 women
Full-time faculty: 38 men, 32 women
Part-time faculty: 66 men, 90 women
Graduation rate: 61% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: no
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.
Air Force ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Education, Other
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Bible/Biblical Studies
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Chemistry, General
  • Communication and Media Studies, Other
  • Communication, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Directing and Theatrical Production
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Jazz/Jazz Studies
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mathematics and Statistics
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Musical Theatre
  • Nursing Administration
  • Nursing Practice
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Pastoral Studies/Counseling
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, General
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Pre-Nursing Studies
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Rehabilitation Science
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Religious/Sacred Music
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  • Theology and Religious Vocations, Other
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Youth Ministry
Certificates

  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Education, Other
  • Social Sciences, Other
Diplomas

  • Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Education, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Psychology, Other
Master's Degrees

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Nursing Administration
  • Pastoral Studies/Counseling
  • Psychology, Other
  • Theology and Religious Vocations, Other
  • Theology/Theological Studies

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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