Azusa Pacific University is a private, evangelical Christian university located near Los Angeles in suburban Azusa, California, United States. The university was founded in 1899, with classes opening on March 3, 1900, in Whittier, California, and began offering degrees in 1939. The university's seminary, the Graduate School of Theology, holds to a Wesleyan-Arminian doctrinal theology. APU offers more than 100 associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs on campus, online, and at seven regional locations across Southern California.Campus locationAzusa Pacific University's Azusa campus is situated in the San Gabriel Valley, located 26mi northeast of Los Angeles.The university also maintains a Los Angeles Regional Site, a Monrovia Regional Site, and five additional off-site regional centers in Southern California: Inland Empire Regional Center (San Bernardino)Murrieta Regional CenterSan Diego Regional Center High Desert Regional Center (Victorville) Orange County Regional Center (Orange)
