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Biola University

Biola University
13800 Biola Avenue
La Mirada, CA 90639-0001

Official telephone: (562) 903-6000
Fax number: (562) 903-4709
Website: https://www.biola.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 3,395
Full-time undergraduates: 3,126
Part-time undergraduates: 269
Total graduate students: 1,888
Full-time graduate students: 747
Part-time graduate students: 1,141
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
13.3% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.2% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
24.0% Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
39.7% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
8.1% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
6.9% Nonresident Alien
4.4% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 95 acres
Nearest major city: Los Angeles

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of students who live in school housing: 62%
Percent of students who live off campus: 38%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Adventure Club; Guerilla Film Society; Biola Cross-Fit; Xopoc Dance Team; Lacrosse Club

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 2; NAIA

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's golfyes 
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's water polo NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's golfyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's softball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's water polo NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II

Intramural/Recreational sports:
archery; bowling; baseball; basketball; cheerleading; football; golf; lacrosse; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; swimming and diving; track and field; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Long Beach

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