California Lutheran University (CLU, Cal Lutheran, or Cal Lu) is a private university in Thousand Oaks, California. It was founded in 1959 and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian.[3] It opened in 1960 as California Lutheran College and was California’s first four-year liberal arts college and the first four-year private college in Ventura County. It changed its name to California Lutheran University on January 1, 1986. It is located on a 290-acre (120 ha) campus, 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Los Angeles. It offers degrees at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels, as well as post-master’s and post-bachelor’s certificates CLU offers 36 majors and 34 minors. The university is based in Thousand Oaks, with additional locations in Woodland Hills (Los Angeles), Westlake Village, Oxnard, Santa Maria, and Berkeley. Cal Lutheran has been called the West Coast’s “Cradle of Coaches”; nearly 1 in 4 of football coach Bob Shoup’s players would go on to coach at some level, while 144 players have become football coaches, and several have been drafted to the NFL. Particularly many players were drafted following the NAIA Championship win in 1971.
programs offered
PsyD in Clinical Psychology
MS in Clinical Psychology
MS in Counseling Psychology (MFT)
MS in Counseling and College Student Personnel
MBA
Executive MBA
Executive MBA in Europe
MS in Information Technology
Master of Public Policy and Administration
MS in Quantitative Economics
MA in Educational Leadership
EdD in Educational Leadership (K-12)
EdD in Higher Education Leadership
MDiv (Master of Divinity)
MA in Spirituality and Social Change
Theological Education for Emerging Ministries
PhD and ThD
MA in Educational Leadership
admission requirement
Application Fee: A non-refundable $30 application fee.
Application Deadlines: The priority deadline for admission is 90 days prior to the beginning of the term of intended entry. Applications are considered year-round (“rolling admissions”). Students can be accepted into any of the 4 entry points per year (late August, mid-November, late February, and late May).
English Proficiency Test Scores: TOEFL(88), IELTS (6.5), PTE (58), DUOLINGO (120).
Transcript Evaluation: Students may be required to complete an official transcript evaluation including GPA equivalence and course-by-course listing, done by a NACES member company. CLU recommends two providers who have offered CLU applicants a streamlined process for obtaining an evaluation. These are IEE and SpanTran.
CLU does not require GRE or GMAT examinations for admission. Submission of these exams is optional.
tuition fee
Application Fee: A non-refundable $30 application fee.
Application Deadlines: The priority deadline for admission is 90 days prior to the beginning of the term of intended entry. Applications are considered year-round (“rolling admissions”). Students can be accepted into any of the 4 entry points per year (late August, mid-November, late February, and late May).
English Proficiency Test Scores: TOEFL(88), IELTS (6.5), PTE (58), DUOLINGO (120).
Transcript Evaluation: Students may be required to complete an official transcript evaluation including GPA equivalence and course-by-course listing, done by a NACES member company. CLU recommends two providers who have offered CLU applicants a streamlined process for obtaining an evaluation. These are IEE and SpanTran.
CLU does not require GRE or GMAT examinations for admission. Submission of these exams is optional