Discover a Path to Global Understanding

Why Cross an Ocean for Your Education?

At Soka University of America, students from 60+ nations over 25 years have discovered something remarkable: when you learn alongside classmates from every corner of the world, difference becomes dialogue. Understanding becomes opportunity.

You’re not just choosing a college. You’re choosing to become a global citizen.

30+
languages spoken on campus
100%
percent of students offered a merit scholarship
12
students per class

What Makes Soka Different

  • One Degree, Infinite Possibilities

    Your Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts opens every door. Through five concentrations and interdisciplinary study, you’ll develop the wisdom, courage, and perspective to thrive in any career path.

  • Study Abroad with Language Immersion (No Extra Cost)

    Learn a new language, then live it. Our study abroad programs combine language learning with cultural immersion, building the global fluency today’s world demands.

  • Intimate Learning Community

    With 450 undergraduates, your professors know your name. Your ideas matter in every seminar. Your voice shapes campus dialogue.

  • Financial Aid That Works

    Families earning under $90,000 receive full tuition coverage. Because transformative education shouldn’t depend on your bank account.

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Experience our California campus, meet current international students, and see how global citizens learn together just three miles from the Pacific.

From Soka to the World

Study Abroad

Our graduates don’t just find jobs—they create impact: 

  • Refugee advocacy in Geneva
  • Sustainable development in rural communities
  • Environmental policy across borders
  • Education reform that crosses cultures 

Common understanding across differences. This is our courageous pursuit.

Fig 3: Local women from indigenous fishing community with Nuiro (wild vegetable) collected from CNP

Our graduates don’t just find jobs—they create impact: 

  • Refugee advocacy in Geneva
  • Sustainable development in rural communities
  • Environmental policy across borders
  • Education reform that crosses cultures 

Common understanding across differences. This is our courageous pursuit.

Students participate in the first Model U.N. conference hosted on SUA’s campus on Mar. 29.

Our graduates don’t just find jobs—they create impact: 

  • Refugee advocacy in Geneva
  • Sustainable development in rural communities
  • Environmental policy across borders
  • Education reform that crosses cultures 

Common understanding across differences. This is our courageous pursuit.

A large group of students sit together in the Global Language and Culture Center

Our graduates don’t just find jobs—they create impact: 

  • Refugee advocacy in Geneva
  • Sustainable development in rural communities
  • Environmental policy across borders
  • Education reform that crosses cultures 

Common understanding across differences. This is our courageous pursuit.

Next Steps for International Students

Application Process

Admissions with dedicated international student support

Housing

Guaranteed on-campus housing in our residential community

Student Life

40 nationalities currently call Soka home

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