Alliant International University Overview

Alliant International University is a private for-profit institution located in San Diego, California. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Alliant International University Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Alliant since the student to facuty ratio is 6 to 1.
• The student loan default rate at Alliant is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Alliant.
• In 2017-2018, 88% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Alliant bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $59,500 a year. That's about 46% more than their peers at other schools.

Alliant International University Rankings

According to our 2022 analysis, Alliant is ranked #208 out of 2,587 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. Out of the 204 colleges in California, it is ranked at #25.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Alliant has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#36	Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#53	Best Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Alliant.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Teaching English or French Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#43	Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#69	Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#84	Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Alliant has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Psychopharmacology Schools	College Factual
#3	Best Forensic Psychology Schools	College Factual
#50	Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools	College Factual
#120	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools	College Factual
#153	Best Schools	Grad Degree
#165	Best Psychology Schools	College Factual

Where Is Alliant International University?

Contact details for Alliant are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	10455 Pomerado Road, San Diego, CA 92131
Phone:	866-825-5426
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AlliantInternationalUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/AlliantU

How Do I Get Into Alliant?

You can apply to Alliant online at: https://alliantapp.force.com/ERx_Forms__Portal_Register

Admission Requirements for Alliant

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Alliant?

Alliant has a fairly low acceptance rate of 38%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 40%, and the acceptance rate for women is 36%.

Can I Afford Alliant International University?

The student loan default rate at Alliant is 3.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Alliant International University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 431 undergraduate students at Alliant, with 1 being full-time and 430 being part-time.

There are also 2,998 graduate students at the school.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Alliant International University. At this time, 3 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 52 countries are represented at Alliant. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Qatar, and India.

Online Learning at Alliant International University

In 2019-2020, 3,224 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Alliant has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 20th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Alliant

The following table shows how Alliant is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Child Development & Psychology	#4	#4
Criminology	#22	#4
Teaching English or French	#39	#28
Mental & Social Health Services	#46	#10
Human Development & Family Studies	#72	#22

Online Affordability Rankings of Alliant Rankings

The following table shows how Alliant is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Criminology	#6	#1
Child Development & Psychology	#7	#7
Teaching English or French	#21	#21
Student Counseling	#25	#25
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#37	#32
Social Sciences	#40	#25
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	#43	#34
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#64	#37

Online Growth Rankings of Alliant

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Alliant International University was 62.3%. This is the #542 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Alliant regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Alliant majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Criminology	20%
Educational Administration	17%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Alliant ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Alliant.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Child Development & Psychology	#9
Criminology	#19
Student Counseling	#19
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#24
Teaching English or French	#27
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	#44
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#84
Special Education	#85
Educational Administration	#88
Social Sciences	#104
Psychology	#108
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#124
Education	#302
Business Administration & Management	#421

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Alliant International University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	84	241	325
Teacher Education Grade Specific	8	6	0	0	140	0	154
Special Education	27	0	0	0	79	0	106
Teaching English or French	87	0	0	0	7	3	97
Business Administration & Management	0	0	23	0	59	8	90
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	0	70	14	84
Human Resource Management	0	0	0	0	15	20	35
Teacher Education Subject Specific	20	11	0	0	0	0	31
Student Counseling	0	0	0	1	28	0	29
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	0	0	20	0	20
General Psychology	0	0	16	0	0	0	16
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	0	0	12	0	12
Computer Information Systems	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Educational Administration	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Law	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Criminology	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Human Development & Family Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	142	17	46	1	519	297	1,022

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.