California Lutheran University is a private university in Thousand Oaks, California, United States. It was founded in 1959 and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian. It opened in 1960 as California Lutheran College and was California's first four-year liberal arts college and the first four-year private college in Ventura Cā¦
California Lutheran University is a private university in Thousand Oaks, California, United States. It was founded in 1959 and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian. It opened in 1960 as California Lutheran College and was California's first four-year liberal arts college and the first four-year private college in Ventura County. It changed its name to California Lutheran University on January 1, 1986.
Established: 1959
President: John A. Nunes
Former name: California Lutheran College (1959ā1986)
Accreditation: WSCUC
Religious affiliation: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Endowment: $115.4 million (2020)
Academic staff: 437 (193 full time, 244 part time)