Fielding Graduate University: Statistics

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#3248 of 14,131 In the World
#912 of 2,597 In North America
#844 of 2,496 In the United States
#76 of 249 In California
#3 of 3 In Santa Barbara
#535 of 1,020 For Sexology
Top50% For 31 other topics
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Graduates
915
Male:Female Ratio
18:82
Control
Private
not-for-profit
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Acceptance rate
82%*

* Fielding Graduate University is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.

We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely-ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.

Fielding Graduate University Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

309 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

606 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

White 454 (50%)
Black or African American 169 (19%)
Hispanic 106 (12%)
Two or more races 62 (7%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 62 (7%)
Asian 37 (4%)
Nonresident Alien 8 (0.9%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 (0.2%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

Tuition and fees

Graduates
Tuition in-district $24,649
Tuition in-state $24,649
Tuition out-of-state $24,649
Fee in-district $40
Fee in-state $40
Fee out-of-state $40

Fielding Graduate University majors

Fielding Graduate University has granted 128 master's across 7 programs and 107 doctorate degrees across 7 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Fielding Graduate University.

Major Master Doctoral
Clinical Psychology 17 51
Organizational Behavior Studies 41 14
Applied Psychology 17 11
Applied Behavior Analysis 17 8
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 12 13
Human Development and Family Studies, General 12 9
Psychology, General 12 1
Grand Total 128 107

Publications & Citations

Fielding Graduate University has published 2,004 scientific papers with 54,285 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Medicine, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Psychology, Sociology, Biology, Political Science, Law, Computer Science, Pathology, and Psychiatry.

Publications
2,004
Citations
54,285

Publication / Citation count by topic

Medicine
1,463 / 45,165
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
1,441 / 37,129
Psychology
1,173 / 33,495
Sociology
999 / 27,091
Biology
961 / 32,951
Political Science
905 / 21,527
Law
858 / 20,773
Computer Science
782 / 22,378
Pathology
732 / 24,870
Psychiatry
723 / 23,630
Philosophy
629 / 16,079
Environmental Science
592 / 15,450
Public Health
507 / 16,556
Mathematics
503 / 11,166
Social Psychology
498 / 14,385
Nursing
447 / 14,586
Economics
427 / 10,738
Statistics
413 / 9,950
Clinical Psychology
384 / 13,958
Demography
371 / 12,598
Development Studies
367 / 9,629
Engineering
365 / 9,454
Genetics
365 / 14,709
Physics
363 / 8,704
Geography and Cartography
358 / 9,606
Business
351 / 9,082
Chemistry
328 / 10,689
Child Psychology
311 / 9,645
History
310 / 8,336
Neuroscience
306 / 9,646
Anthropology
285 / 9,052
Linguistics
285 / 7,634
Art & Design
273 / 7,033
Archaeology
254 / 7,472
Geology
248 / 8,110
Surgery
236 / 6,865
Biochemistry
222 / 8,726
Ecology
219 / 5,979
Family medicine
213 / 4,038
Quantum and Particle physics
208 / 4,326

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1993 9 32
1994 10 33
1995 15 41
1996 9 38
1997 16 56
1998 11 54
1999 15 71
2000 20 93
2001 17 108
2002 18 116
2003 13 147
2004 15 166
2005 14 218
2006 38 260
2007 40 329
2008 35 431
2009 33 522
2010 50 743
2011 45 882
2012 57 1056
2013 84 1288
2014 69 1574
2015 91 1967
2016 136 2321
2017 129 2458
2018 110 2997
2019 116 3755
2020 146 5251
2021 149 5606
2022 121 5527
2023 149 5737
2024 108 5626
2025 94 5182
Academic rankings

Notable alumni

  1. Gina Loudon

    Gina Loudon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1962-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Gina Loudon known as Dr. Gina, is a conservative media personality. She was a member of the 2020 Donald Trump campaign's media advisory board and the co-chair of Women for Trump 2020. She is a member at Mar-a-Lago and the current face of Citizen Voters Inc.

  2. Steven Hassan

    Steven Hassan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    writerpsychotherapistmental health counselorpsychologist
    Biography

    Steven Alan Hassan is an American mental health professional and author who specializes in the area of cults. In his early career, in the late 1970s, he participated in deprogramming, but since then has advocated non-coercive exit counseling.

  3. Salud Carbajal

    Salud Carbajal
    Born in
    Mexico Flag Mexico
    Years
    1964-.. (age 62)
    Enrolled in Fielding Graduate University
    In 1994 graduated with Master of Arts
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Salud Ortiz Carbajal is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 24th congressional district since 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and his district covers Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara.

  4. Randall Bell

    Randall Bell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    real-estate agenteconomist
    Biography

    Randall Bell is a socio-economist, real estate economist and appraiser, expert witness, and author based in Los Angeles, California known for dealing with stigmatized property. Bell is an expert on real estate damages, who authored a highly referenced textbook on the subject, and was called "Dr. Disaster" by The Wall Street Journal. Bell's notable cases include: Nicole Brown Simpson's Los Angeles condominium, the mansion where 39 Heaven's Gate members died of suicide, the JonBenét Ramsey house in Colorado, the World Trade Center site, and properties damaged in the Rodney King riots and by Hurricane Katrina.

  5. Marilyn Price-Mitchell

    Marilyn Price-Mitchell
    Years
    1949-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    psychologist
    Biography

    Marilyn Price-Mitchell is an American psychologist, author, columnist, speaker, and youth development expert. She is the co-founder and serves on the Advisory Board of the Washington State Family & Community Engagement Trust (formerly known as the National ParentNet Association) and has a regular column at Psychology Today. She has also served as a fellow at the Fielding Graduate University Institute for Social Innovation.

General info

Alternative names Fielding Graduate Institute
Fielding Institute
Founded 1974
Motto Change the world. Start with yours.
Colors merlot
Total FTE staff 170
Carnegie classification Doctoral/Professional Universities

Location and contacts

Address 2020 De La Vina St
Santa Barbara, California, 93105-3538
United States
City population 89,000
Phone 8056871099

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