Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University is a private, not-for-profit university located in southern California. Founded in the early 20th century by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the University is classified as a church-affiliated health sciences center. It offers the majority of its programs on campus but also offers some online options. During the fall 2016 school year, 3,287 of Loma Linda University’s 4,444 total students were graduate students.
Loma Linda University was established in August of 1905 and has therefore served students and communities for well over a century. For its entire lifetime, the school has embraced Seventh-day Adventist Christianity and infused its curricula and training accordingly. Loma Linda strives to teach students how to apply whole-person care to every patient and to do so while embracing the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Here are some other great reasons to attend Loma Linda University:
The Loma Linda campus has six hospitals where many students receive hands-on training. As a private health sciences university, Loma Linda works with its students and hospital staff to explore and find life-saving treatments and to shatter barriers in the health care industry. Through their programs, students learn how healthcare can serve local communities and underserved populations across the globe; and through the campus hospitals, students see healthcare and Loma Linda’s goals in action.
Loma Linda University encourages its faculty, staff, and administration to create stimulating learning environments for students that incorporate research, education, and service. The school’s faculty, staff, and administration demonstrate Christian values and competencies both in their scholarship and professions. As of fall 2017, Loma Linda had 1,543 full-time faculty, all of whom were committed to embracing and enacting the school’s values and mission while simultaneously providing career-oriented, high-quality scholarship.
Loma Linda University values compassion, integrity, excellence, freedom, justice, humility, and purity or self-control. The school affirms its values as central to its view of education and exercises them within its commitment to God. For students who follow the Seventh-day Adventist Church or who align with the University’s belief that all persons are called to a loving friendship with a loving God, these values and their descriptions may speak volumes.
As part of its Spiritual Plan 2016-202, Loma Linda University strives to foster whole community health throughout its region. As such, the Loma Linda University Hospital will collaborate with diverse communities of faith to develop health initiatives throughout the inland southern California community. In addition, it will partner with numerous University, Hospital, and community entities to collaborate and build successful initiatives.
The Institute for Community Partnerships is the hub through which Loma Linda University manages its local engagement. The Institute helps students connect with community programs of professional and academic interest and relevance. For global community engagement, Loma Linda University works with students to help ensure safe travel and accommodations, and to connect them to strategic partners and service organizations abroad.
U.S. News ranks Loma Linda University #43 in Nursing-Anesthesia programs, #44 in Public Health programs, #52 in Occupational Therapy programs, and #70 in Physician Assistant programs.i
The Loma Linda University mission statement is to continue the healing and teaching ministry of Jesus Christ. The school encourages professional and personal growth through development of the spiritual, social, intellectual, and physical dimensions of each member of the university and the communities it serves.
Loma Linda University offers open houses, campus tours, and counseling appointments to prospective students who have questions about Loma Linda admissions and programs. Otherwise, applicants ready to apply should know the following:
Special Learning Opportunities: Undergrad Distance, Grad Distance
Credit Accepted: Advanced placement(AP) credits
Carnegie Classification: Medical schools and medical centers
Religious Affiliation: Seventh Day Adventists
There are 1413 full-time
242 Part-time instructional faculty
Academic Career Counseling Services
Employment Services for Students
Library Services
Students eligible for federal financial aid can apply for Unsubsidized Federal Direct Stafford Loans, Federal Direct PLUS Loans, and Loma Linda University Institutional Loans. They may also be eligible to receive grants and scholarships from outside institutions or need-based financial aid from Loma Linda University. Some programs offers work-study options to students as well. Options like these can help pay Loma Linda University tuition and other school-related expenses.
Receiving Pell Grants
Receiving Grant or Scholarship Aid
Receiving Student Loans
Loma Linda University is institutionally accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) which has a three-part accreditation process: Proposal, Capacity and Preparatory Review, and Educational Effectiveness Review. This accreditation process helps ensure that Loma Linda University moves through a transformative process that builds and maintains its capacity for educational effectiveness. Loma Linda University also has programmatic accreditation for many of its programs through the following entities:
Applicants to Loma Linda nursing programs or the Loma Linda University School of Nursing can inquire about the programs’ accreditation statuses directly.
Loma Linda University offers 121 degree and certificate programs through eight schools: the Schools of Behavioral Health, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Religion, and Allied Health Professions.
Loma Linda University offers its Physical Therapy programs through the School of Allied Health Professions. Within the department, students studying physical therapy have four degree options:
The PhD in Physical Therapy is one of Loma Linda University’s most popular programs. In the 2016-2017 school year, 111 of 534 doctorate students graduated with a degree in this area.ii The program is designed to help physical therapists become educators and researchers in the field.
Loma Linda University courses in the Physical Therapy PhD program cover 26 program elements, each of which helps students develop their advanced knowledge in physical therapy education and research. Program elements are in areas such as:
Through program and course elements like these, students study research methodologies and design and receive support conducting and presenting research in their areas of specialization.
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Our two fully APA accredited clinical psychology programs offer a combination of traditional and innovative training opportunities. more >
The MS degree in Marital and Family Therapy is designed to give students a broad academic background as well as professional practice for working with individuals, couples, groups, and families in a variety of settings. more >
Dual Specialization Options The MS in Counseling is uniquely designed to give students the option of single or dual specialization as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and as a Credentialed School Counselor, both of which can be more >
The Master of Science in Child Life Specialist is housed in the Department of Counseling and Family Sciences in the School of Behavioral Health at Loma Linda University. more >
The Master of Social Work (MSW) program offered by the School of Behavioral Health emphasizes ecological systems, a perspective that focuses on the interaction of a person or system in relation to his/her environment. more >
Our two fully APA accredited clinical psychology programs offer a combination of traditional and innovative training opportunities. more >
The Program is offered in conjunction with the Graduate School. Degrees may be obtained in any of the basic science areas listed under the Graduate School. Financial Assistance is available to cover tuition and living costs. more >
At Loma Linda University's School of Public Health, you get a top-notch Christian education where the school's mission is to further the healing/teaching ministry of Jesus Christ to "make man whole" - body, mind and spirit. more >
Epidemiology comprises the research methods which identify and isolate the underlying causes of disease and injury. more >
Since 1953, the School of Dentistry has sought to inspire and teach dental care that is comprehensive in its technical excellence and in its orientation to an awareness of the total health needs of the individual patient. more >
The School of Dentistry offers advanced education programs in the following eight (8) areas of study and three (3) programs with a dual-major option leading to the award of a professional certificate and either an optional Master of Science (MS) degr more >
The Department offers MPH degrees in environmental health through two major tracks of study. The first track is designed for individuals with 2 years of pre-existing experience or who are in possession of health professional credentials (e.g. more >
Biostatisticians play an important role in a wide variety of health and biomedical investigations that explore the frontiers of man's knowledge. more >
The doctoral program is designed to provide students with a unique, interdisciplinary core curriculum in social science, social ethics, and social policy. Research preparation includes both quantitative and qualitative methods which encourage rigoro more >
