The Chicago School at San Diego

Private · CA

School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationCA · West

SettingUrban

Undergrads2

Student:faculty11:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate—

6-yr grad rate—

Drop-out rate—

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$22k

Out-of-state tuition$22k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity100%

Gender diversity100%

International0%

Identity—

Overview

The Chicago School at San Diego is a branch campus of The Chicago School, an institution built around psychology and the behavioral sciences. Its programs prepare students for clinical, forensic, organizational, and applied psychology careers, and like the institution's other campuses, it operates with a strong professional-practice orientation rather than a traditional liberal-arts model.

Academics

Programs run heavily graduate and professional, built around practicum and internship placements that put students into clinical and applied settings well before they finish their degrees. The undergraduate presence is minimal, mostly serving students completing a psychology-related bachelor's degree as a step toward one of the school's graduate programs rather than students seeking a conventional four-year college experience.

Worth knowing

This is a professional graduate school with a small undergraduate footprint rather than a traditional college campus — prospective students should expect a curriculum and campus culture organized around clinical training and licensure pathways in psychology and behavioral health rather than general-education breadth or residential campus life.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate—

Enrolled mid-50%—

Test policyoptional

Rec letters—

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

Applying