Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate nonprofit

Saybrook University

Pasadena, California·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Far West·saybrook.edu
Enrollment
1,057
peer median 852
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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.

Distinct CIP programs8
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

107 total
01Psychology
5753.3%
02Multi/Interdisciplinary
4743.9%
03Business
32.8%
04Parks/Recreation
00.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
1,057
12-mo unduplicated
1,257

Gender split

Men
17%211
Women
83%1,046

Saybrook vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Saybrook selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
1,057Doctoral/Professional
California Institute of Integral Studies
1,874Doctoral/Professional
Erikson Institute
297Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Meridian University
297
Naropa University
37%100.0%1,094$28,862Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
North Central University
65%99.0%852$23,574Baccalaureate
Omega Graduate School
69Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Pacific Oaks College
34.4%1,068Masters 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 median37%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 Joy
    Psychology
  • Rivka Bertisch Meir
  • Christopher Ryan
    Writing
  • Richard Strozzi-Heckler
    Psychology

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