Southern California University of Health Sciences Healthcare Programs

Located in Whittier, California, Southern California University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution. Whittier is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

Where Is Southern California University of Health Sciences?

Contact details for SCU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	16200 East Amber Valley Drive, Whittier, CA 90604
Phone:	562-947-8755
Website:	www.scuhs.edu

How Do I Get Into SCU?

You can apply to SCU online at: https://www.scuhs.edu/admissions/apply-now/

Southern California University of Health Sciences has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

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Southern California University of Health Sciences Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 545 undergraduate students at SCU, with 4 being full-time and 541 being part-time.

There are also 1,019 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4 full-time undergraduates at SCU, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southern California University of Health Sciences students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Over 14 countries are represented at SCU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Taiwan, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Southern California University of Health Sciences

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 6 master’s degree programs available online at SCU. In 2022-2023, 1,498 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SCU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 45th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of SCU majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Ayurvedic Medicine/Ayurveda	16%

Southern California University of Health Sciences Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Chiropractic	0	0	0	114	114
Ayurvedic Medicine/Ayurveda	93	0	0	0	93
Physician Assistant	0	0	49	0	49
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine	0	0	0	7	7
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	0	1	0	0	1
Public Health Education and Promotion	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	93	1	49	121	264

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.