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 Antioch University, Seattle | |
Former name | Antioch College |
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| Type | Private, nonprofit liberal arts university |
| Established | 1852 (1852) |
Parent institution | Antioch University |
Total staff | 136 |
| Students | 799 |
| Undergraduates | 80 |
| Location | Seattle ,Washington ,United States 47°36′58″N122°20′47″W / 47.61611°N 122.34639°W /47.61611; -122.34639 |
| Language | English |
| Website | https://www.antioch.edu/seattle/ |
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Antioch University Seattle (AUS) is a private, nonprofitliberal arts university founded in 1975 and located inSeattle, Washington. It is part of theAntioch University system that includes campuses inKeene, New Hampshire;Santa Barbara, California;Los Angeles, California; andYellow Springs, Ohio, also home toAntioch College.
Antioch College was established in 1852 inYellow Springs, Ohio.Horace Mann, educator, social reformer,abolitionist, and one of the creators of the USpublic school system was its firstpresident. Mann's goal, which he achieved, was to create a university that would benonsectarian,coeducational, and that did not utilize a conventional grading system. In 1863, Antioch approved a policy that no applicant was to be rejected on the basis ofrace. It was also among the first colleges to offer the same curriculum to men and women students.[1]
In 1963 the college began to expand out-of-state. A network of schools was begun. In 1977 Antioch College renamed itselfAntioch University. The Seattle location opened atThe Center School inFremont in 1975. The college moved to its own two-story building in theDenny Triangle in 1996,[2] which was later sold in 2015.[3][4] Antioch Seattle opened its new campus on January 3, 2017, in nearbyBelltown.[5]
AUS offers master's degrees, a B.A. completion program and a Doctor of Clinical Psychology (Psy. D.). Between 800 and 1000 students attend Antioch, with an average age of 35. The School of Applied Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy is the largest and longest running program with close to 3,000 graduates since 1976. The School offers master's degrees in mental health counseling, integrative studies, child, couple and family therapy, art therapy and drama therapy in addition to the Psy. D. program. The Center for Programs in Education offers teacher preparation at the graduate level, plus a master's in education for experienced educators. The B.A. in Liberal Studies program attracts students who like an individualized approach to completing their undergraduate degree. Students can receive credit for life experience and may pursue subjects of particular interest to them.
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