Alliant International University

Alliant International University is a private, benefit corporation higher education institution based in San Diego, California. The university is also known synonymous as Alliant. It offers programs in six California campuses in San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Irvine, Sacramento, and Fresno and three international campuses in Mexico City, Mexico,Tokyo, Japan and Hong Kong. Its enrollment is approximately 4,000 students, of whom 95% are post-graduate.Alliant International University receives its name from the merger of three legacy institutions: San Francisco Law School founded in 1909, United States International University  founded in 1927, and California School of Professional Psychology  founded in 1969. In 2001, USIU and CSPP merged forming Alliant International with San Francisco Law School joining in 2010. Through multiple name changes and campus relocations, one constant among the institutions has been a legacy of employing noteworthy faculty and graduating high achieving students. Together they have impacted the world in a profound way.San Francisco Law School first opened its doors in the Bay area in 1909. SFLS was the first evening law program in the western United States and was among the first law schools to actively recruit women. SFLS continues to focus on students who may not have opportunities for traditional legal education. The Law School graduated former California Governor Edmund Pat Brown, former Lieutenant Governor Leo T. McCarthy, and former Undersecretary of the United States Department of Energy Joseph Salgado.
             In 1927 Leland Ghent Stanford chartered a private graduate institution called Balboa Law College, the first law school in San Diego. Balboa Law College expanded to include undergraduate and graduate studies beginning with the Department of Accounting in 1945, changing its name to Balboa University. The law school was closed in 1946.In 1952, Balboa University changed its name to California Western University and relocated to Point Loma, south of downtown San Diego. The law school reopened soon thereafter.In 2015, Alliant International University joined Arist Education System’s global network of universities dedicated to health and human sciences. As a result, Alliant transitioned to a benefit corporation structure that enables the university to attract capital investments to further enhance program offerings, technology, student services, and student outcomes while retaining a primary commitment to Alliant’s social benefit mission of education and professional training.2015 also saw the creation of the Alliant Educational Foundation, an independent, non-profit organization that operates in coordination with and as partial owner of the university. The foundation oversees scholarships, donations, grants, contracts, research and clinical training, and professional service centers affiliated with the university.