• Filing periods vary with most beginning in January.

• Most have requirements comparable to the CSU/UC system.

• Most require SAT or ACT.

• www.californiaColleges.edu: lists filing dates and requirements for independent colleges and universities in California.

• www.aiccu.edu: to search for independent colleges and universities in California.

• www.aiccumentor.org : common applications for independent colleges and universities in California.

• www.naicu.edu: to search for independent colleges and universities across the nation.

• www.commonapp.org : common applications for 277 selective independent colleges and universities across the nation.

 

Independent California Colleges and Universities
Alliant International University	www.alliant.edu	Occidental college	www.oxy.edu
American Academy of Dramatic Arts	www.aada.org	Otis College of Art + Design	www.otis.edu
Art Center College of Design	www.artcenter.edu	Pacific Graduates School of Psy.	www.pgsp.edu
Azusa Pacific University	www.apu.edu	Pacific Oaks College	www.pacificoaks.edu
Biola University	www.biola.edu/undergrad	Pacific Union College	www.puc.edu
California Baptist University	www.calbaptist.edu	Patten University	www.patten.edu
California College of the Arts	www.cca.edu	Pepperdine University	www.pepperdine.edu
California Institute of Technology	www.caltech.edu	Phillips Graduate Institute	www.pgi.edu
California Institute of the Arts	www.calarts.edu	Pitzer College	www.pitzer.edu
California Lutheran University	www.callutheran.edu	Point Loma Nazarene University	www.pointloma.edu
Chapman University	www.chapman.edu	Pomona College	www.pomona.edu
Charles R. Drew University	www.cdrewu.edu	Saint Mary's College of California	www.stmarys-ca.edu
Claremont Graduate University	www.cgu.edu	Samuel Merritt College	www.samuelmerritt.edu
Claremont McKenna College	www.claremontmckenna.edu	San Diego Christian College	www.sdcc.edu
Cogswell Polytechnical College	www.cogswell.edu	San Francisco Art Institute	www.sfai.edu
Concordia University	www.cui.edu	San Francisco Conserv. of Music	www.sfcm.edu
Dominican University of California	www.dominican.edu	Santa Clara University	www.scu.edu
Fielding Graduate University	www.fielding.edu	Saybrook Graduate School	www.saybrook.edu
Fresno Pacific University	www.fresno.edu	Scripps College	www.scrippscollege.edu
Golden Gate University	www.ggu.edu	Simpson University	www.simpsonuniversity.edu
Harvey Mudd College	www.hmc.edu	So. Calif. Univ. of Health Sciences	www.scuhs.edu
Holy Names University	www.hnu.edu	Soka University	www.soka.edu
Humphreys College	www.humphreys.edu	Stanford University	www.stanford.edu
John F. Kennedy University	www.jfku.edu	Thomas Aquinas College	www.thomasaquinas.edu
Keck Graduate Institute	www.kgi.edu	Touro University	www.tu.edu
La Sierra University	www.lasierra.edu	University of Judaism	www.ajula.edu/
Lagunna College of Art & Design	www.lagunacollege.edu	University of La Verne	www.ulv.edu
Loma Linda University	www.llu.edu	University of Redlands	www.redlands.edu
Marymount College	www.marymountpv.edu	University of San Diego	www.sandiego.edu
Master's College	www.masters.edu	University of San Francisco	www.usfca.edu
Menlo College	www.menlo.edu	University of So. California	www.usc.edu
Mills College	www.mills.edu	University of the Pacific	www.pacific.edu
Mount St. Mary's College	www.msmc.la.edu	Vanguard University	www.vanguard.edu
National University	www.nu.edu	Whittier College	www.whittier.edu
New College of California	www.newcollege.edu	William Jessup University	www.jessup.edu
Notre Dame de Namur University	www.ndnu.edu	Woodbury University	www.woodbury.edu