Graduate Study in Theology and Religious Studies in California

This department has no graduate programs in theology, biblical studies, or religious studies. Although we have a fine, nationally recognized faculty, at this point in time our mission is to provide first-rate undergraduate education, using which many of our majors go on to study at some of the best graduate schools in this country and abroad.

If you are looking for graduate education in these fields in California, there are a number of options. We provide our best suggestions, with links, below.

Master's Programs/Catholic

Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles)
Santa Clara University
University of San Francisco

Master's Programs/Non-Catholic

Azuza Pacific University
California State University, Long Beach
Pepperdine University (Malibu)
Point Loma Nazarene University (San Diego)
Talbot School of Theology, Biola University (La Mirada)

Master's and Doctoral Programs/Catholic

Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley)
See the Dominican, Franciscan, and Jesuit schools

Master's and Doctoral Programs/Non-Catholic

Claremont Graduate University
Claremont School of Theology
Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, w. satellite locations)
Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley)
Stanford University
Talbot School of Theology, Biola University (La Mirada)
University of California, Los Angeles (History of Christianity)
University of California, Riverside
University of California, San Diego (Judaic Studies)
University of California, Santa Barbara

Students interested in study of non-Christian traditions should also look at the various area studies (Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, etc.) programs at the University of California campuses, Stanford, USC, etc.