Saybrook University
About
Saybrook University is a private university in Pasadena, California, United States. It was founded in 1971 by Eleanor Camp Criswell and others. It offers postgraduate education with a focus on humanistic psychology. It features low residency, master's, and doctoral degrees and professional certification programs. The university is accredited by the WASC Senior Colleges and University Commission. The university is classified an exclusively graduate institution with programs that are "Research Doctoral: Humanities/social sciences-dominant". As of Fall of 2017 the university had 785 students enrolled. The university reported 222 full-time and part-time academic faculty in 2017.
Academic programs at Saybrook
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Saybrook vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Saybrook selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSaybrook University | — | — | 1,057 | — | Doctoral/Professional |
California Institute of Integral Studies | — | — | 1,874 | — | Doctoral/Professional |
Erikson Institute | — | — | 297 | — | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Meridian University | — | — | 297 | — | — |
Naropa University | 37% | 100.0% | 1,094 | $28,862 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
North Central University | 65% | 99.0% | 852 | $23,574 | Baccalaureate |
Omega Graduate School | — | — | 69 | — | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Pacific Oaks College | — | 34.4% | 1,068 | — | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Palo Alto University | — | — | 1,065 | — | — |
The Chicago School at Dallas | — | — | 219 | — | — |
The Chicago School at Los Angeles | 0% | 46.3% | 3,344 | — | — |
The Chicago School at San Diego | — | — | 112 | — | — |
The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana | — | — | 20 | — | — |
The Wright Institute | — | — | 518 | — | — |
William James College | — | — | 967 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 37% | 72.7% | 852 | $26,218 |
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of Saybrook (4)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Melanie JoyPsychology
- Rivka Bertisch Meir
- Christopher RyanWriting
- Richard Strozzi-HecklerPsychology
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