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Grace Mission University

Fullerton, California Private nonprofit 4-year Large suburb

Overview

Located in Fullerton, California, Grace Mission University is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a large suburban area. It enrolled 301 students in fall 2024, including 68 undergraduates and 233 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Presbyterian Church (USA).

Grace Mission University offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 8 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Divinity/Ministry, Theology, and Religious Education. It awarded 49 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 6 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 80% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1.

Mission

Grace Mission University is a Christian institution of higher education that serves the global community by nurturing disciples of Christ, theologically trained for fruitful research and communication, ministerially empowered for loving leadership and collaboration, and spiritually awakened for enduring self-care and community-building.

Mission statement as reported by Grace Mission University

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
301
Students enrolled
80%
First-year retention
49
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
8
Programs and majors
19:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

BachelorMasterPhD

Programs and majors offered 8

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

Theology and Religious Vocations 5
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Education 1
Psychology 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
80%
Student-to-faculty ratio
19:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
11
Master's degrees
34
Doctoral degrees (research)
4

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
301
Undergraduates, fall 2024
68
Graduate students, fall 2024
233
Full-time, fall 2024
60%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
433
Undergraduates, 2024-25
92
Graduate students, 2024-25
341
Full-time, 2024-25
67%
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
45%
Men
55%
White
1%
Hispanic or Latino
8%
Asian
61%
American Indian or Alaska Native
2%
International (U.S. nonresident)
28%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
6
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
30%
Students taking some online courses
35%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions
President and CEO
Kyunam Choi
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling

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