Antioch University Santa Barbara provides high quality, innovative undergraduate and graduate education for working-adults through the integration of academic and experiential learning. An Antioch University education fosters creativity and independent thinking and empowers students to affect personal, social and environmental change.

The Antioch University approach emphasizes the intellectual, emotional and ethical development of the student. Students are expected to acquire the tools of scholarship and a critical awareness of intellectual traditions along with current developments in academic disciplines. Antioch University students are encouraged to question the traditions, standards, and practices of disciplines and professions. In addition, they are challenged to critically examine a variety of principles in order to integrate, articulate and develop their own set of unique values.