Antioch University Santa Barbara offers a lively, intensive undergraduate education and rigorous, real-world graduate degrees.
At Antioch University Santa Barbara, we strive to prepare students for professional success and service to their communities. We focus on developing students of all ages and backgrounds into leaders and critical thinkers who solve the challenges we face today as a society. In 2017, we celebrate 40 years of being a Santa Barbara institution and part of a dynamic and diverse community. antioch.edu/santa-barbara
Our Mission
Antioch University provides learner-centered education to empower students with the knowledge and skills to lead meaningful lives and to advance social, economic, and environmental justice.
Our Vision
Antioch aspires to be a leading university offering learners and communities transformative education in a global context that fosters innovation and inspires social action.
Our Core Values
Excellence in Teaching and Learning
The University offers quality academic programs relevant to the needs of today’s learners and embraces experiential learning by bridging academic outcomes with the real-world experience of all members of its learning community.
Nurturing Student Achievement
The University educates the whole person by cultivating personal growth, pragmatic idealism, and the achievement of professional goals.
Supporting Scholarship and Service
The University supports the active engagement of students and faculty in both scholarship and service. Antioch values the creative and deliberative application of teaching and learning to ‘further social, economic and environmental justice.’
A Commitment to Social Engagement
The University maintains an historic commitment to promoting social justice and the common good. Students graduate from Antioch University with a heightened sense of their power and purpose as scholars, practitioners, and global citizens.
Building and Serving Inclusive Communities
The University nurtures inclusive communities of learners, inspiring diversity of thought and action. Antioch University engages and supports the educational, cultural, and environmental vitality of the diverse regional, national, and international communities that it serves
Antioch University provides learner-centered education to empower students with the knowledge and skills to lead meaningful lives and to advance social, economic, and environmental justice.
Bachelors of Arts in Liberal Studies - BA
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Studies - BA
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Arts & Media - BA
Bachelor of Science in Applied Technology & Business Leadership - BS
Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology - MA
• MA in Clinical Psychology - MFT and LPCC preparation
• MA in Clinical Psychology, Healthy Aging
• MA in Clinical Psychology, Latino Mental Health
• MA in Clinical Psychology, Somatic Psychotherapy
Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology - PsyD
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Master of Fine Arts in Writing & Contemporary Media - MFA
Master of Arts in Education - MA
• MA in Education, Leadership & Social Justice
• MA in Education, Nature-Based Early Childhood Education
• MA in Education, with M/M Education Specialist Credential
• MA in Education, with Multiple Subject & M/M Education Specialist Credential
Master of Education, with Multiple Subject Credential - MEd
Teaching Credentials, stand alone programs
• Induction
• M/M Education Specialist
• Multiple Subject
Certificate Programs
• Women & Leadership
• Nature-Based Early Childhood Education
• Somatic Psychotherapy
