University of San Diego Named to The Princeton Review's 2025 Mental Health Services Honor Roll

The University of San Diego (USD) is one of 16 undergraduate institutions that The Princeton Review has named to its 2025 Mental Health Services Honor Roll. 

The education services company posted the honor roll list on its website on Oct. 28 as part of a multifaceted, yearlong project in partnership with the Ruderman Family Foundation to promote mental health services on college campuses as well as college students' awareness of them.

The 2025 Mental Health Services Honor Roll selection criteria looked at survey data that covered three areas:

• Whether students have a campus quality of life that is both healthy and attentive to the students' overall well-being
• How well a school is empowering its students to address their own mental health through education programs and peer-to-peer offerings
• The overall administrative support for campus mental health and well-being through its policies, including commitments to staffing and student support

“This award is strong evidence of the commitment USD makes to its students from the day they arrive,” said Vice President of Student Affairs Charlotte Johnson. “Wellbeing is the foundation for everything else, and wellness support is central to the USD Culture of Care. We are proud to be on the leading edge of best practices in student mental health.”

USD's wrap-around services include mental health check-ins each semester, online screenings that can be completed anonymously, same-day in-person and tele-mental health appointments, the TimelyCare app for 24/7 virtual support, free group counseling, access to Well @ USD, a collection of online resources, and much more.

Additionally, in Spring 2025, USD will open the Palomar Health Student Wellness Center. The three-story, 80,000-square-foot facility will provide accessible indoor and outdoor spaces where the entire campus community can find connections between physical activity, diet and nutrition, mental health, inner self, engagement, and belonging.

USD's services extend beyond its campus. The University also provides mental health support to school-age children and adolescents, their parents, and college-age adults through its Tele-Mental Health Training Clinic in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences.

— USD News Center