Stanbridge University Overview

Stanbridge University is a private for-profit institution situated in Irvine, California. The city atmosphere of Irvine makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Stanbridge University Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Stanbridge is 2%, 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.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Stanbridge.
• In 2017-2018, 35% of the faculty were full-time.

Stanbridge University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Best Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Most Popular Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#33	Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#40	Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#152	Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Highest Paid Occupational Therapist Assistant Graduates	College Factual
#2	Highest Paid Physical Therapy Assistant Graduates	College Factual
#11	Highest Paid Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Graduates	College Factual
#39	Highest Paid Nursing Graduates	College Factual
#54	Highest Paid Health Professions Graduates	College Factual
#77	Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools	College Factual

Where Is Stanbridge University?

Contact details for Stanbridge are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2041 Business Ctr Dr Ste 107, Irvine, CA 92612
Phone:	949-794-9090

Admission Requirements for Stanbridge

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	considered but not required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	considered but not required
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Stanbridge?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Stanbridge. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 35%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 20% of accepted students are men and 80% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 23%, and the acceptance rate for women is 40%.

Can I Afford Stanbridge University?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Stanbridge, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $11,068 a year. That adds up to $44,272 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Stanbridge is 1.8%. 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.

Stanbridge University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 190 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,508 full-time undergraduates at Stanbridge, 24% are male and 76% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Stanbridge University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	321
Black or African American	54
Hispanic or Latino	550
White	270
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	313

Online Learning at Stanbridge University

There are 2 bachelor’s degree and 1 master’s degree programs available online at Stanbridge. In 2019-2020, 31 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 157th 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 Growth Rankings of Stanbridge

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Stanbridge University was 28.6%. This is the #899 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Stanbridge regardless of major.

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

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Health Professions	0%
Nursing	28%

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#337
Nursing	#366

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%.

Stanbridge University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	158	0	0	0	158
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	0	156	0	0	156
Nursing	78	0	8	0	86
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	66	66
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	236	156	8	66	466

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.