About
Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) is a private university in Whittier, California, and Phoenix, Arizona that offers programs in chiropractic, acupuncture and other pseudoscientific and non-mainstream approaches to healthcare. Academics are organized into three schools: the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, the College of Eastern Medicine, and the College of Science & Integrative Health. The university is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission. SCU programs include acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and other controversial, alternative approaches to healthcare which are widely regarded by the mainstream science and medicine communities as pseudoscience.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Academic programs at SCUHS
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
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
SCUHS vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions SCUHS 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouthern California University of Health Sciences | 50% | — | 2,008 | $45,633 | — |
A T Still University of Health Sciences | — | — | 3,466 | — | — |
AdventHealth University | 37% | 33.7% | 1,861 | $31,885 | — |
Midwestern University-Downers Grove | — | — | 2,567 | — | — |
Midwestern University-Glendale | — | — | 3,738 | — | — |
Northwestern Health Sciences University | — | — | 1,101 | $29,794 | — |
Parker University | 50% | — | 2,308 | $25,491 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Samuel Merritt University | — | — | 1,926 | — | — |
Western University of Health Sciences | — | — | 3,665 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 50% | 33.7% | 2,308 | $30,840 |
SCUHS Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides information about the Office of Institutional and Academic Insights (IAI) at Southern California University of Health Sciences, including contact phone number and physical address. The page does not mention specific individuals or provide in-depth details about the office's mission or links to specific datasets or dashboards.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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