2. General Info.
• Redding, CA (8hrs N)
• Suburban
• Enrollment: 1,297
• Tuition & Fee: $22,400
• Room/board: $7,500
• Teacher : student – 1:15
• Founded 1921
• 85 acres
• Private Christian
• Coed
• Semester based
• 4 month summer!
• ID = YOUR LIFE !!
3. Applying
• 82% acceptance rate
• $25 app fee
• ACT
– 21 on composition
• SAT
– 1000 combined critical
reading & math
• Transfer- 2.5 gpa
• HS student- 2.7
unweighted gpa
• 4yrs English
• 3yrs math
• 3yrs social science
• 2yr science
• 2yr foreign language
• 1yr history
• 1yr fine arts & pe
elective
4. Majors & Minors
• Psychology*
• Bible Theology*
• Business*
• Communication*
• Cross Cultural Studies*
• English*
• Liberal Arts
• Music*
• Mathematics*
• Psychology*
• Outdoor Leadership
• World Missions*
• Nursing
• Social Science
• Spanish
• Writing
• TESOL
• Transformational (community &
development)
• Journalism
• History
• Mass Communication
5. Financial Aid/ Scholarships
• Institutional Grant- 98%
• Federal Grant- 48%
– Pell ($5,645)
– SEOG-supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grant
(determined by financial aid)
• Student Loans- 96%
– Stafford Loan ($5,500-$7,500)
• Subsized (gov’t pays while in
school, 3.4%)
• Unsubsized (student pays, 6.8%)
• State/ Local Grants- 37%
– Cal Grant A- $9,084
– Cal Grant B- $1,473
• Signature Awards
– President (3.7, SAT 1300)
– AB Simpson Grant (up to $10,500 yr.)
– Golden State (full time undergrad,
based on need)
• Specialized Awards
– Music & Athletic
• Additional Grants
– Church Matching ($500)
– College Transfer Honors
– Ministry/Christian Worker Dependent
($2,000 yr)
– Christian & Ministry Alliance ($5,000)
6. Chapel/ Missionary
• Required to attend chapel
2/3rds or 66%
• Wednesdays and Fridays
• Students lead worship
• Always have guest speakers
(ex: one came from France)
• Missionary to other countries
for different amount of time
periods
7. Sports
• Cross Country
• Soccer
• Basketball
• Base/soft ball
• Golf
• *guys have wrestling
• *girls have volleyball
• NAIA- National Association
of Intercollegiate Athletics
• NCCAA-National Christian
College Athletic Association
(Simpson has 2 National
championship teams)
• 1950’s
• Cal-Pac Conference (won
numerous Sportsmanship
awards)
8. Dorm Life
• Different set ups, could have 1 or
3 roommates
• Girl buildings and guy buildings
• Curfew-pick own curfew
• Each building has a motto
• No fraternities or sororities
• Have to live on campus for
freshman & freshmen could
have cars
• 45% live on campus
9. Fun Facts
• Ranked in best colleges in Liberal
Arts in ‘13
• Nitelife-basically a huge talent show
& is once a year, more than one
award
• 5K run, which is also annual. Run for
Youth (family fun day) & held at
Shasta Lake
• The Bridge-story of getting engaged
to someone on the bridge by the
time you graduate
• Rock-anyone could paint on it for
events, birthdays etc.
• You could work on campus
