Our graduates are changing the world - join them.

Only ten miles from downtown Los Angeles, our Pasadena Campus provides easy access to nearly all that Southern California has to offer—including hundreds of schools, clinics, and nonprofit organizations for volunteering, internship, practicum, and fieldwork experiences.

Because we commit to providing an education centered on culture, our students are immersed in an environment that celebrates diversity, inclusion, and equality. Through experiential learning, real-world practice, and strong curriculum, Pacific Oaks helps prepare you to make an impact.

Here are just a few of the things that set us apart:

• Benefit from flexibility and convenience: Classes occur on nights and weekends to accommodate the working professional.
• Save time with our Credit for Learning from Experience process: Bachelor’s students can earn up to 24 transfer credit hours that you can apply towards your degree.
• Take advantage of our scholarships and financial aid*: Inquire today to learn about one of the eight different scholarships for incoming students along with other financial aid opportunities.
• Have confidence in knowing we are a regionally-accredited, nonprofit institution: Pacific Oaks College has online and on-ground programs, with a campus in Pasadena, and is accredited by the WASC Senior Colleges and Universities Commission (WSCUC).

*Financial Aid is available to those who qualify.

Business & Management – Bachelor’s and Master’s programs

• B.S. in Business Administration
• M.A. Organizational Leadership & Management

Early Childhood Education – Bachelor’s program

• B.A. in Early Childhood Education
• B.A. in Early Childhood Education, STEAM
• B.A. in Early Childhood Education, Trauma Studies
• B.A. in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education (includes preparation for the CA Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential)
• B.A. in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education and Special Education (includes preparation for the CA Preliminary Education Specialist Instruction Credential {mild to moderate disabilities} and the Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential)

Early Childhood Education – Master’s program

• M.A. in Early Childhood Education
• M.A. in Early Childhood Education: Organizational Leadership and Management
• M.A. in Early Childhood Education, Trauma Studies

Education – Master’s program

• M.A. in Education, Elementary Education (includes preparation for CA Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential)
• M.A. in Education, Special Education (includes preparation for CA Preliminary Education Specialist Instruction Credential {mild to moderate disabilities})

Stand-Alone Teacher Credentialing

• Preliminary Education Specialist Teaching Credential (CA)
• Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential (CA)

Bilingual Authorization Credentials

• Bilingual Authorization Spanish
• Bilingual Authorization Mandarin

Human Development – Bachelor’s and Master’s programs

• Active Learning Across the Lifespan
• Early Childhood Education & Development
• Social Change
• Therapeutic Companion (Bachelor’s only)
• Working with Adults
• Ecological Perspectives of Lifespan Development (Master’s program only)
• Leadership in Education and Human Services (Master’s program only)

Marriage and Family Therapy – Master’s program

• Traditional
• African-American Family Studies specialization
• Latinx Family Studies specialization
• Trauma Studies specialization
• LGBTQIA+ Studies specialization

Psychology – Bachelor’s program

• B.A. in Community Psychology