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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
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 1,921
Full-time undergraduates: 1,753
Part-time undergraduates: 164
Total graduate students: 351
Full-time graduate students: 78
Part-time graduate students: 273
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.4% American Indian or Alaskan Native
5.3% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
46.8% Hispanic/Latino
0.3% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
32.4% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.2% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Nonresident Alien
8.0% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 38 acres
Nearest major city: Los Angeles

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 49%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 55%
Percent of students who live off campus: 45%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 100
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Local outreach; Global Missions; Student organizations/clubs; Choral groups; Honors societies

ATHLETICS

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running  
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf  
Men's soccer  
Men's socceryes 
Men's track and field  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's volleyballyes 
Men's volleyball  
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running  
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf  
Women's sand volleyballyes 
Women's sand volleyball  
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer  
Women's softball  
Women's softballyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field  
Women's volleyball  
Women's volleyballyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; football; soccer; softball; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: John Wayne (Orange County)

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