Antioch University
Antioch University is a bold and enduring source
of innovation in higher education.
Inspired by the pioneering work of nineteenth-century educator Horace Mann, Antioch University is a vital, vocal advocate for higher education that promotes the common good, prizes experiential learning, and draws on the strength of a diverse academic community.
Established in 1964, the modern Antioch University traces its roots back to Mann’s visionary leadership of an independent, non-sectarian college founded in 1852.
Antioch University serves more than 4,000 adult students around the world and across the country, online and at its five campuses in four states. Each campus offers degree programs that meet—and often anticipate—the pressing needs of its region and the wider world. Many programs are distinctive in their field. Our Los Angeles campus offers a top-ranked MFA in creative writing; our Santa Barbara campus offers an MA in education with an emphasis on social justice; our Midwest campus offers a cutting-edge program in conflict analysis. Some programs—the Green MBA at our New England campus; the Early College High School Initiative for Native American Youth developed by our Seattle campus—have changed their field entirely. The University is also home to the landmark PhD in Leadership and Change; Antioch Education Abroad, an exceptional slate of immersive service and study programs; and WYSO, a leading public radio affiliate and an essential source of global news and opinion.
Students work closely with our seasoned faculty—scholars, artists, and professionals with deep experience in their fields, a profound commitment to transformative learning, and the belief that our graduates will make a difference in their chosen professions and communities. Some students come to Antioch with high ideals; Antioch gives them tools and practices to bring those ideals to life. Others come to Antioch with tangible personal or professional goals; Antioch sets those goals in a broader context, giving them fresh meaning and purpose.
As a result, our global network of 30,000 alumni is marked by their commitment to enlightened leadership, global awareness, and lasting engagement with the concerns of their professions and their communities.
Together—students and alumni, faculty and staff—we form a visionary community that strikes a rare and essential balance between idealism and experience.
Antioch University Midwest meets adult learners with programs designed to make social change. We give students an extraordinary degree of responsibility for shaping their education in small classes and online; our coursework is collaborative and experiential. AUM offers graduate certificate and degree programs in management, conflict analysis and engagement, and NCATE-accredited education. Our undergraduate programs for adult learners include the Bachelor’s Completion Program, the Individualized Liberal and Professional Studies degree, and teacher licensure programs in early childhood, middle childhood, adolescent and young adult, and special education. Founded in 1988, AUM is located in Yellow Springs, Ohio, an independent-minded, progressive town an hour from the state capital, Columbus.
Antioch University New England is a locally rooted graduate school with a global profile. We are steeped in New England regional traditions of self-reliance, local initiative, and private action for the public good, but our students come from over 40 states and 19 foreign countries. We offer a renowned Green MBA (ranked in the top 5 nationally); we’re home to one of the nation’s only Waldorf teacher preparation programs; and we’ve graduated far more master’s degrees in environmental studies than any other college or university in the nation. We also offer master’s degree in counseling psychology, marriage and family therapy, dance movement therapy, and education and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, marriage and family therapy, and environmental studies. Our more than 9,000 alumni constitute an extraordinary worldwide leadership network. Founded in 1964, AUNE is located in Keene, New Hampshire, a small city with a strong tradition of civic, cultural, and environmental activism, in the heart of the state’s Monadnock Region.
Antioch University Los Angeles is a place where individual spirit thrives, and collective community grows. With more than 6,000 distinguished alumni, AULA has been honored to serve the diverse communities of the greater Los Angeles area since 1972. Our core values of social justice, service to community, and life long learning comprise the heart of our B.A. degree completion program and masters degree programs in organizational management, education and teacher credentialing, psychology, and creative writing. Partnerships with community organizations provide our students with unique experiential learning opportunities. Our low-residency M.F.A. in creative writing was named among the top five programs in the nation by The Atlantic, and our graduate clinical psychology specialization in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) studies is the first of its kind. The M.A. in Urban Sustainability, AULA’s newest program, was developed in response to the growing awareness of the interconnections among environmental, economic and social issues. The unique, interdisciplinary program prepares well-trained, well-informed scholars, community leaders and activists to advocate for sustainable urban policy and social change in the face of the growing global environmental crisis.
Antioch University Santa Barbara offers more than an education—it offers experience. Our programs integrate theory and practice; our faculty bring the world into the classroom and the classroom into the world. We offer a lively, intensive undergraduate degree in liberal studies, and rigorous, real-world graduate degrees in clinical psychology and education. Students in our M.A. program in education can specialize in social justice and educational leadership or the multiple-subject teaching credential. Founded in 1977, AUSB is located in downtown Santa Barbara, surrounded by sandy beaches and the Santa Ynez Mountains.
Antioch University Seattle is a transformative force—a catalyst for personal, professional, and environmental change. Our Center for Creative Change is home to five innovative interdisciplinary master’s programs—in environment and community, management, organizational psychology, strategic communication, and whole systems design. Our Center for Extension and Community Education offers courses and workshops in education, nonprofits, business, psychology, and mediation. We also offer a bachelor’s completion program in liberal studies and a doctoral program in clinical psychology. Founded in 1975, AUS is located in Seattle’s lively Belltown neighborhood, near the Seattle Space Needle.
Antioch Education Abroad is a pioneer in hands-on, real-world global education. AEA sponsors specialized programs in Africa, Asia, and Europe, from Brazilian ecosystems to Buddhist studies in Japan. Students engage in fieldwork and service, take internships, and study with top faculty from Antioch and local universities. AEA’s programs are available to all Antioch University students as well as qualified students from other universities in the U.S. and abroad.
Our University-wide PhD in Leadership and Change cultivates the next generation of civic and professional leaders. The program only admits 25 students from a range of fields; coursework is at once practical and visionary, examining the mechanics of organizational change, the imperatives of social justice, and the principles of leadership. The program’s schedule is designed for students who want to enroll in a full-time doctoral program while maintaining their full-time professional life.
WYSO is Antioch University’s 37,000-watt non-commercial radio station, broadcasting from Yellow Springs, Ohio. WYSO is the top-ranked public radio station serving the Dayton metropolitan area and the region’s primary source for top-rated news programs from NPR, Public Radio International, the BBC World Service, and Ohio Public Radio
