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{{Short description|Private research university in Santa Barbara, California, United States}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Fielding Graduate University
 | image                  = Horizontal-Red.png
 | image_size             = 
 | motto                  = "Change the world. Start with yours."
 | established            = {{start date and age|1974}}
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[Postgraduate education|graduate-level university]]
 | endowment              = $6.9&nbsp;million (2020)<ref>https://www.fielding.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Fielding_Graduate_University_2020_Audit_-_Financial_Statements.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
 | president              = Katrina S. Rogers
 | provost                = Wendi S. Williams
 | accreditation          = [[WASC Senior College and University Commission|WSCUC]]
 | students               = 1,000 (approx.)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fielding.edu/about/fielding-at-a-glance/ | title=Fielding at a Glance }}</ref>
 | faculty                = 157<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fielding.edu/about/fielding-at-a-glance/ | title=Fielding at a Glance }}</ref>
 | city                   = [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]
 | state                  = [[California]]
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{Coord|34.4345|-119.7139|type:edu_region:US-CA|display=it}}
 | website                = [https://www.fielding.edu/ www.fielding.edu]
 | former_names           = Fielding Graduate Institute<br />The Fielding Institute
}}

'''Fielding Graduate University''' (previously '''Fielding Graduate Institute''' and '''The Fielding Institute''') is a [[Private university|private]] [[Postgraduate education|graduate-level university]] in [[Santa Barbara, California]]. It offers postgraduate and doctoral studies mainly in [[psychology]], [[education]], and [[organizational studies]], primarily through [[distance education]] programs.

Fielding Graduate University was founded in 1974 by [[Frederic M. Hudson]], Hallock Hoffman, and Renata Tesch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fielding.edu/about/|title=About Fielding Graduate University |publisher=Fielding.edu |date= |accessdate=2023-03-23}}</ref>

==Academics==
The university offers graduate-level degrees (certificate, master's, and doctoral programs) in [[clinical psychology]], [[media psychology]], [[educational leadership]], [[organizational leadership]], and [[human development (psychology)|human development]].

{{as of|2019}}, its School of Leadership offers accelerated PhD degrees that can be earned in as little as three years,<ref>{{cite web |title=School of Leadership Studies |url=http://www.fielding.edu/our-programs/school-of-leadership-studies/ |website=Fielding Graduate University |accessdate=7 September 2018}}</ref> and its School of Psychology offers a PhD in Clinical Psychology that can be earned in five or six years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology |url=http://www.fielding.edu/our-programs/school-of-psychology/phd-clinical-psychology/ |website=Fielding Graduate University |accessdate=7 September 2018}}</ref> The average (mean) time to complete a PhD program at Fielding is 7.5 years.<ref name=discl>{{citation|author=Fielding Graduate University|title=Notice of Actions — Accreditation Status: Fall 2019|website=fielding.edu|publisher=Fielding Graduate University|url=https://www.fielding.edu/Clinical-Psychology/Student-Admissions-Outcomes-and-Other-Data.pdf|accessdate=June 2, 2022}}</ref>

The university is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[WASC Senior College and University Commission]] (WSCUC).<ref name=wasc>{{citation|author=WASC|title=Statement of Accreditation Status: Fielding Graduate University|website=wascsenior.org|publisher=WASC Senior College and University Commission|url=https://www.wascsenior.org/institutions/fielding-graduate-university|accessdate=May 15, 2016}}</ref> The Clinical Psychology PhD program is accredited by the [[American Psychological Association]] (APA Commission on Accreditation).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accreditations |url=https://www.fielding.edu/about/accreditations/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=Fielding Graduate University}}</ref>

==Partnerships==
Fielding offers a doctorate in Creative Leadership through the [[University of the Virgin Islands]] (UVI),<ref>[https://viconsortium.com/business/uvi-to-offer-first-ph-d-program-and-7-new-masters-and-bachelors-degrees-this-fall/ "UVI TO OFFER FIRST PH.D. PROGRAM AND 7 NEW MASTERS AND BACHELOR’S DEGREES THIS FALL"] ''The Virgin Islands Consortium''. Retrieved 2019-04-08.</ref> is developing a doctoral program in urban leadership and entrepreneurship with the [[University of the District of Columbia]] and [[Tulane University]]'s Payson Center for Global Development, and established the Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership (CASL) with UVI, [[North Carolina A&T]], and the Association of American Colleges & Universities.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160331141940/http://aacu.org/pkal/regional/capital/2016/spring "Creating Learning Environments: Valuing Diversity, Improving Retention, and Promoting Persistence for Students in STEM"] Association of American Colleges & Universities. Retrieved 2019-04-08.</ref> The latter earned a $9&nbsp;million [[National Science Foundation]] grant in 2018.<ref>[https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1818425&HistoricalAwards=false "Broadening Participation Research Center: Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership"] National Science Foundation. Retrieved 2019-04-08.</ref> Additionally, Fielding has three other centers, in addition to CASL: the Institute for Social Innovation (ISI); the Marie Fielder Center for Democracy, Leadership, and Education; and the Alonso Centers for Psychodynamic Studies. 

Fielding University Press publishes several publications per year on subjects including clinical psychology, neurology, leadership studies, phenomenology, philosophy, human development, and art history. Fielding faculty, students, and alumni have contributed to several publications. 

In 2015 the university was granted [[consultative status|special consultative status]] to the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] (ECOSOC).<ref>{{cite report |date=2015-07-20 |title=Decision 2015/223: Applications for consultative status and requests for reclassification received from non-governmental organizations |url=https://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/docs/2015/dec.2015223.pdf |publisher=[[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] (ECOSOC) |page= 1 |access-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414164137/http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/docs/2015/dec.2015223.pdf|archive-date=2016-04-14}}</ref>

== Notable Alumni ==
* [[Evelyn Torton Beck]] – Writer and feminist
* [[Randall Bell]] – Real estate economist and author
* [[Tara Brach]] – Psychologist and meditation expert
* [[Dave Caplan]] – Producer and television writer
* [[Salud Carbajal]] – United States Representative from California's 24th congressional district
* [[Marshall Colt]] – Television actor, psychologist
* [[Anita Perez Ferguson]] – Speaker, author, international consultant
* [[K. Drorit "Dee" Gaines]] – Neuropsychologist and radio host
* [[Steven Hassan]] – Founder of the Freedom of Mind Resource Center, author, speaker, de-programming expert
* [[Devon Jersild]] – Psychologist and author
* [[Janja Lalich]] – Sociologist studying cults
* [[Gina Loudon]] – Republican activist
* [[Lyle Nelson]] – Four Time Olympian in the Biathlon, 13-time United States or North American Champion
* [[Marilyn Price-Mitchell]] – Psychologist and columnist
* [[Cara Santa Maria]] - Psychologist and science communicator

== Notable faculty ==
* [[Don Trent Jacobs]] – Education, leadership, and psychology scholar
* [[Tiffany Field]] – Psychologist
* [[Ruthellen Josselson]] – Clinical psychologist
* [[Malcolm Knowles]] – Adult education scholar
* [[Jeremy J. Shapiro]] – Psychologist and social theorist

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.fielding.edu Official website]

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