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Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara, California Private nonprofit 4-year Small city

Overview

Fielding Graduate University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Santa Barbara, California. The campus sits in a small city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 915 students.

Fielding Graduate University offers certificates, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 9 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Clinical Psychology, Organizational Behavior Studies, and Applied Psychology. It awarded 352 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 9 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

Key figures

915
Students enrolled
352
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
9
Programs and majors

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateMasterPhD

Programs and majors offered 9

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Psychology 5
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 2
Education 1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Master's degrees
156
Doctoral degrees (research)
127
Postbaccalaureate certificates
57
Post-master's certificates
12

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
915
Graduate students, fall 2024
915
Full-time, fall 2024
81%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,274
Graduate students, 2024-25
1,274
Full-time, 2024-25
80%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
82%
Men
18%
White
49%
Hispanic or Latino
12%
Black or African American
19%
Asian
4%
Two or more races
7%
American Indian or Alaska Native
2%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
8%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
9
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
72%
Students taking some online courses
28%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Trimester
Carnegie classification
Doctoral/Professional Universities
Interim President
John L. Bennett
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling
For veterans and service members
Dedicated veterans contact

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