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Celebrating 40 Years in Santa Barbara
At Antioch University Santa Barbara, we strive to prepare students for professional success and service to their communities. We focus on developing students of all ages and backgrounds into leaders and critical thinkers who solve the challenges we face today as a society. In 2017, we celebrated 40-years of being a Santa Barbara institution and part of a dynamic and diverse community.
Antioch University Santa Barbara is a private, not-for-profit institution accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. We’re proud to have had continuous accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission since 1927.
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The MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media program held its winter residency December 9 through December 15, 2018. Twice a year MFA students meet on the Santa Barbara campus for a 7-day residency where they participate in seminars, panels, and Q & As taught by faculty members and guest presenters. Students also attend meetings and […]
Professor and Chair of the Undergraduate Studies program at Antioch University Santa Barbara Dawn A. Murray, PhD, led an eco-cultural trip to the Galapagos Islands in December 2018. Murray is a marine biologist and a board member of The Tribal Trust Foundation, preserving global indigenous cultures. She has studied deep-sea jellies and the effects of […]
Antioch University’s Low-Residency MFA program was awarded the 11th best online MFA program in the United States. Online Masters analyzed every online Masters in Creative Writing program in the nation to choose the top 20. The methodology included academic quality, graduation and retention rates, faculty credentials and training, graduate reputation, student engagement, student services, technology, affordability, […]
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Bachelor’s Completion Program Information Session | February 20
PsyD in Clinical Psychology Info Session – Feb 27 – Join us in Los Angeles
PsyD in Clinical Psychology Info Session – Feb 27 – Join us in Los Angeles
Bachelor’s Completion Program Information Session | March 5
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Student and Alumni Stories
MBA student takes family business to next level Dan La Berge had lived in the for-profit world for his entire career until a back injury took him out of it for three years. His path back to work ultimately led to Antioch University Santa Barbara’s MBA program, which interested him because of its focus on […]
Purify Uses Spirituality To Help Now a great-grandmother, Betty Purify’s goal since she was 13 years old has always been to help people. She and her husband, Pastor Gerald Purify, have shared that mission for 40 years, providing counseling for youth, seniors and prison populations – among others. It was this shared mission that ultimately […]
La-Tonia Willis settled herself on Antioch University Santa Barbara’s (AUSB) campus patio, perfectly tempered by sunlight beaming down on her. She looked around to admire her new school. “AUSB has such a great campus,” exclaimed Willis. “The program itself feels like a university and the physical property of the campus is just an added treat.” Willis […]