About us

Founded in 1959 and formally recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution since 2016, Cal Lutheran is home to 2,377 undergraduate and 1,033 graduate students. Our students come from 59 countries and represent a wide spectrum of faiths and spirituality.

Our dedicated, accomplished faculty works with small classes of students who are open-minded — about ideas, about people and about faith — and are seeking to grow as individuals.

Both in and out of the classroom, everyone at Cal Lutheran is committed to helping each student pursue their passions to discover their purpose. By following that purpose, they can transform their communities — and the world.

Cal Lutheran's 225-acre Thousand Oaks campus is between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.

Satellite centers are in Oxnard, Santa Maria and Westlake Village. Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California, is one of eight seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

Founded in 1959, California Lutheran University is a private liberal arts institution based in Thousand Oaks, California.

Designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education, Cal Lutheran attracts students to its undergraduate and graduate programs from across the nation and around the world with diverse backgrounds, cultures and faiths.