California Lutheran University

Food: Horrible. There are only two places on campus that sell food besides Jamba Juice and Starbucks. The menu never changes and the food is over salted.
Location: The school is in the middle of a residential area, surrounded by homes. Not your typical college town. The closest food chains are 10 minutes away by car.
Parties: The school is a dry campus so the parties are well hidden. The only way you’ll get into a party is if your on an athletic team or you know someone. Since a good amount of the students are commuters, the school is a ghost town when the weekend hits.
Diversity: Mostly everyone who comes here is white or Mexican so if you’re looking for diversity, go look somewhere else.
Bookstore: Most of the people that run the bookstore are fairly helpful and nice but there’s this one lady that hates her job and she clearly expresses that to the students. The bookstore is really small so if you’re looking for souvenirs… nope.

Not really impressed. I feel like the staff and everyone there are super nice but then again they are so nice and so not that it is obvious they are just bsing to get you inside the doors and once you are in … Good luck?

Great campus! It has a Scandinavian Cultural Center and a wonderful chapel. Their cafeteria is pricey if you do not eat much but it covers an all you can eat (AYCE) buffet with free kitchen services. They have a Starbucks on campus but it is mainly crowded with students. Their wifi is of the CLU network and you must be a student to use it.

Free jobs for the future seminar for our oldest. Speakers are great and there are light snacks provided by CLU.
What a treasure to have this institution in our community.

Love California Lutheran University! Top– Notch Professors, Friendly and Professional Staff, Beautiful Campus in an Upscale Neighborhood And Great Academic Programs. So Happy!

My son just attended the Cal Lutheran Soccer Summer Camp and it was awesome. Top notch staff, warm, friendly, fun and excellent fundamentals in a beautiful new facility. My son was nervous about attending but after the first day was a huge fan. I’d recommend to anyone, we’re definitely going back next summer.

Deception and lies are the name of the game at this college. Their athletic coaches are like used car salesmen. Promise the world just to get them off the lot, or in this case, on the lot. The football coordinator called his receivers a bunch of c*nts last year. Made threats of violence to other players. Good Lutheran boy he is I am sure. Teaches his players to be respectful to all. LOL
In any event, each player is worth a lot of money to the school so they dont mind shatting upon thm. THe odds are that the player stays and the parent pays even if they are not playing any mre. We had heard this before we went thee but couldnt believe it.
Promises Promises Promises. Of course, due diligence would reveal most of the baloney for what it is.
Beautiful campus but there are lots of beautiful campuses. If we had to do over we would have started with the University of La Verne

The CLU Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert… oh how the sax speaks to my soul, so sweet. Great way to spend Friday night. My hat off to all the musicians and the Director, Peter Woodford. Well done.

Amazing School! Currently enrolled in the MBA Program. Professors are helpful, insightful, and establish a culture at CLU for business professionals.

This is a beautiful Campus I would love our kids to go here. We came here as our daughter was on dance camp, the Gym was super clean and very well setup. The Pool area was awesome and the grounds were very well kept. we had a great day here, awesome and just down the street.

I begin with a bias: I am an alum of this school. But that doesn’t make the five stars I give this school any less true!
I went back to give thanks to one of my professors who was receiving an award and who is dying of cancer. As I walked the campus here, my mind rolled back to all of the experiences and the profound education I received… it has been a continuing force and presence in my life.
But more than that, the school just keeps getting better with the years. All of the new facilities, current construction, and an academic staff that is high caliber, makes this school a tour-​d-​force. My visit included talking and having lunch with new faculty and department heads. Sure, there were some of the professors I went to school with (all of them exceptional) but this new group of educators really set a new standard (I’m not sure how that was possible).
I short, I’m in awe of the school and grateful for those educated by it. Long may it endure. Long may it produce well rounded, well informed, critical thinkers!

excellent university with thriving athletics teams. i would recommend this university to any future students looking for a close knit environment with personalized attention in each class. i was a marketing communications student and had excellent and well connected professors throughout each class.
If you make the grade, scholarships are given out too. Just be careful though because they are contingent on keeping above a specified gpa.
if you are looking for a tight-​knit school with excellent education and athletic opportunities this is the school for you

CLU … I’m halfway done and 30K in debt. Every year it seems like my scholarships continue getting cut for the dumbest reasons. I owed 3000 my first year IN TOTAL, I was like wow this could work out! Second year hits and all of a sudden I owed 23,000!!! Because of «funding» certain scholarships got cut! WTF! My parents were bewildered, we don’t have that kind of money … This is PRIVATE school they have money, are always bragging about donations and donors … yet they are depriving us of help. And i’m not alone, the majority of students here are on scholarship and are feeling the same pressure and stress to make ends meet for this school.
When my scholarship was cut, I was not notified until THE WEEK BEFORE THE SEMESTER STARTED! I got a random email from the registrar/​financial aid office telling me I had an outstanding balance of 11,500 for the fall semester. It was so stressful, and getting a private loan was going to take at least 2 weeks with a bank. I literally had to beg them to give me more time and not drop my classes so that I could get the loan approved.
The Financial Aid Office is a JOKE!!! Why do they even have jobs?! I’m sorry, but I sat in there, emailed them a million times … I got a reply after like 2 – 3 weeks because they were «busy». Every time I go in the counselors are either on lunch, on a call or booked for the evening. My parents tried emailing and calling and got the same crap treatment.
As of now, I am considering transferring for next year. In case you are a PARENT reading this, we got an email about the FAFSA, and financial aid will only be given to students with a certain GPA or higher and to students who have not exceeded 140 units. I have friends with double majors, minors, etc. and they are freaking out because the FAFSA is so important to them.
I made the mistake of committing myself to this school. Now if I transfer to any other school I will be losing half of my units and will have to spend an extra year wherever I go. And if I stay here I will graduate on time owing a ridiculous amount of money. Like the previous review stated, most people aren’t going to base their decision on Unilocal for college, but this is just some of the facts about this school. Take a look at your options before committing. This school hides a lot more than they appear.
I would give 5 stars is for the professors ONLY… I’m a psych major and the entire psychology department is absolutely amazing! I am so satisfied with my progress, grades, etc. Class sizes are small, and you really learn a lot! The professors really help you out and make sure you do well. From an academic standpoint this school is EXCELLENT a perfect 5!
But seeing as how the BA/​BS is now equivalent to the high school diploma, I am not sure that it is worth it to go here and end up thousands of dollars in debt. Oops …

Just got back from watching Taming of the Shrew. Great performance, enthusiastic and hilarious. Sat outside, had dinner and drinks and then the performance. Would definitely go back to watch another Shakespeare play here.

What to say about the university I graduated from. Hmmmm…
First of all, some of the professors here are FANTASTIC! They are published authors, leading researchers and compassionate towards teaching. As far as classes went, I had a great 4 years here.
As far as the administration, ie financial aid and registrar, this school is a joke. No better than the common clown college. There are a plethora of reasons one should avoid this school like the plague.
Not like anyone is choosing what university to go to based on Unilocal,but hey, might as well let someone know what a hell-​hole these people make it.
They charge ridiculous fees. (What university doesn’t though?) Example: To get a transcript you have to pay $ 5. To get a rushed copy of the transcript is $ 15. What is the difference? None, the intern just prints it off. She literally does not have to stand up to reach the printer. Somehow, even though they still «rush» at the same speed that the regular moves at, its $ 10 more. That’s just one of a billion stupid little fees that they tack on.
You are already paying 20k a term, why nickle and dime the student?
Next, the staff make slanderous accusations. Why? Because there is no chain of command or repercussions for the staff. So its the wild west. Example: With the continuing economic downturn, my family struggled to pay for my final semester. In applying for law school, I needed a copy of my transcript. I still had an outstanding balance though. My father called in regards to making some sort of a payment plan. The HEAD OF THE REGISTRAR proceeded to scold my dad, saying that they had desperately been emailing me all semester to try and set up a plan, which I had been «ignoring.» I legitimately had never received a single email about «setting up» a payment plan. My father was then told that since I graduated a week ago, that under NO CIRCUMSTANCES would we be allowed to set up a payment plan.
As the deadline for law school applications drew near, we proposed that if we gave them half of the 5k, could we have the transcript? The HEAD OF THE REGISTRAR proceeded to call my father nothing more than a COMMON THIEF AND SCAM ARTIST, who would never pay off the balance. He said «we would have no leverage to get you to pay the outstanding balance.» Which makes no sense being that it A) Directly affects credit rating, and B) could damage ones ability to get loans in the future. But hey, its understandably that they «think me stupid,» I did graduate with a 3.9 from THEIR UNIVERSITY.
I then asked to see a copy of these «emails imploring me to respond to set up a payment plan.» He COULDN’T produce no such emails. Probably because they were full of it, and were trying to cover that they didn’t do their job in the first place.
PROBLEM 1 with the deception of the registrar’s office: We had been current on our payments till the last few weeks of the semester. Was the registrar, out of psychic premonition, sending me emails before I was past due? The simple fact is that they are lazy and should be fired for incompetence.
To establish history we, the common thieves, had already paid over 100k in tuition, wanted to «steal» a transcript and skip town over 5k in private school education. Makes sense, if you don’t think about it.
After this skirmish we went to the head of the university to report these slanderous and malicious accusations, to which we were told that he «didn’t care,» and had «more important matters to attend to that dealing with a petty squabble with a former student.»
This university is an example of why our education system is garbage. The education system in this country is a business. They do not care about your education, only your money and tenure. This school is a prime example.
Please, avoid this school. It is run by an administration that, by the admission of many tenured teachers, don’t give a damn about the students, and it shows.
Unfortunately, these are just a few of the awful experiences I had with the administration at this school. I would not find it surprising to learn that several key employees are former Hitler Youth, or drug traffickers/​sex slave traders.
I can only hope the rampant use of spelling and grammatical errors work as a testimony to the dreadful nature of this school.

Free entertainment alert!
Admission to California Lutheran Kingsmen football games is completely free and is an excellent way for the entire family to spend a fall afternoon in Thousand Oaks.
The setting for football is spectacular with Mt. Clef Stadium sitting right on campus featuring beautiful views of the surrounding hills. The stadium itself isn’t particularly nice, but it certainly is close to the action and if you don’t want to sit in the grandstands, there is plenty of room to stand, sit on the grass or even bring your own chairs (or couches) and relax
Around 2,000 faithful Kingsmen fans showed up on Saturday for the opening game of the 2007 season. Unfortunately CLU got blown out 48 – 17 by the visiting Pacific Lutheran Lutes (Lutheran fight! Lutheran fight!) in what was kind of an embarrassing game for new head coach Ben McEnroe.
No matter, I still enjoyed the game and my trip to CLU and I encourage all football fans in the area to take in a game sometime this season. There are three remaining home games this season…
Saturday, October 6 — vs. Whittier @ 1:00 PM
Saturday, October 13 — vs. Claremont-​Mudd-​Scripps @ 1:00 PM
Saturday, November 10 — vs. Redlands @ 1:00 PM