Southern California University of Health SciencesDoctor of Chiropractic program in Whittier, California

Other names. Southern California University of Health Sciences was formerly named Los Angeles College of Chiropractic. It goes by SCU and LACC. All of these names refer to the same accredited program. Sources: scuhs.edu Doctor of Chiropractic, checked October 20, 2026; scuhs.edu, checked October 20, 2026; scuhs.edu, checked October 20, 2026.

In its own words. SCU describes its program as “emphasizing a whole-person approach to care” (Southern California University of Health Sciences’s own page, checked October 20, 2026). That is the program’s description, not ours.

Southern California University of Health Sciences at a glance

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Southern California University of Health Sciences tuition and cost

Southern California University of Health Sciences’s published tuition, in its own words and unit: $17,460 per term on the 8-term track; $13,968 per term on the 10-term track (academic year: students entering 2026–2027). Whole-program tuition total: $139,680 on either track; $144,715 (8-term) or $145,533 (10-term) with fees. Source: scuhs.edu Doctor of Chiropractic tuition, checked October 20, 2026 (as published on our cost guide).

That figure is tuition as the program labels it. Fees, books, equipment, housing and living costs are separate unless the program says otherwise, and the program’s own cost-of-attendance page is where it publishes them. To see every program’s figure in its own unit, side by side, read what chiropractic school costs.

Federal debt. The U.S. Department of Education reports a median of $186,190 in cumulative federal loan debt at completion for Southern California University of Health Sciences’s Doctor of Chiropractic graduates, from a cohort of 127. It leaves out private loans, family money and undergraduate debt, so the total a graduate carries can be higher.

Federal earnings. The same dataset reports median earnings of $56,605 four years after completion. Four years is early in a career that often moves toward practice ownership, and the figure is not adjusted for where graduates practice, so it describes the first years and not a whole career.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field of study data (CIP 51.0101), retrieved September 1, 2026 (as published on our Findings page). The method, and how to reproduce it, is on the Findings page.

Southern California University of Health Sciences prerequisites and admissions

SCU publishes three tracks: a bachelor’s degree; 90 semester credits (135 quarter) with a cumulative 3.00 GPA; or 90 credits with 2.75 to 2.99 plus 24 credits of life and physical science. It also lists 3 credits of anatomy and physiology and 3 credits of chemistry, passed with a C or better, and offers contingent admission with free zero-credit modules if you are missing them. Southern California University of Health Sciences’s requirements page, checked October 20, 2026.

You apply directly, through SCU’s own online application, with rolling admission; its pages do not mention ChiroCAS. (Southern California University of Health Sciences application page, checked October 20, 2026) SCU lists start dates in January, May and September 2027. (Southern California University of Health Sciences start terms, checked October 20, 2026)

Prerequisites differ from program to program, and some print amounts in units that differ from the next program’s. The prerequisites guide links every program’s own list.

Licensure in California

California licenses chiropractors through the Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Its guide to getting licensed asks for a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from a board-approved college (the board keeps its own list of approved colleges, which is not the same thing as CCE accreditation, so check that your program is on it); Parts I, II, III, IV and physiotherapy of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners exam; the California Chiropractic Law Examination; and an application with Live Scan fingerprinting and a license fee the board lists at $371.

This paragraph is taken from our chiropractic schools in California page, where the board’s requirements are quoted in full. Board: California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, checked September 21, 2026. You can be licensed in a different state from the one you study in; the board where you intend to practice is the only authority on what it requires.

Chiropractors and students from Southern California University of Health Sciences on the ChiroTrack podcast

No recording is listed here yet. ChiroTrack’s interview series ran from 2020 to 2024, and a guest is named on a page about their school only after they have said yes to it. That consent round has not gone out yet, so this list is empty for every program, not only this one.

If you trained at Southern California University of Health Sciences and practice now, you can join the register of chiropractors who make room for students.

Questions people ask about Southern California University of Health Sciences

How much does Southern California University of Health Sciences cost?

Southern California University of Health Sciences’s published tuition, in its own words and unit: $17,460 per term on the 8-term track; $13,968 per term on the 10-term track (academic year: students entering 2026–2027). Source: scuhs.edu Doctor of Chiropractic tuition, checked October 20, 2026. Fees, books and living costs are separate unless the program says otherwise.

How long is the program at Southern California University of Health Sciences?

Southern California University of Health Sciences publishes a standard track it describes as 3 years and 4 months and an accelerated track of 2 years and 8 months, both full time. Source: scuhs.edu Doctor of Chiropractic, checked September 21, 2026.

What are the prerequisites for Southern California University of Health Sciences?

SCU admits you with a bachelor’s degree, with 90 credits and a 3.00 GPA, or with 90 credits at 2.75 to 2.99 plus 24 science credits. It also lists 3 credits each of anatomy and physiology and of chemistry. Source: Southern California University of Health Sciences’s requirements page, checked October 20, 2026.

Is Southern California University of Health Sciences accredited?

Yes. Southern California University of Health Sciences holds accreditation from the Council on Chiropractic Education, continued in July 2026 with no sanction. Next activity: interim site visit spring 2028. Source: CCE accreditation actions announcement, August 4, 2026, checked October 12, 2026.

Where is Southern California University of Health Sciences?

Southern California University of Health Sciences is at 16200 Amber Valley Dr., Whittier, California, in the Los Angeles metro. SCU also publishes a separate Doctor of Chiropractic in the Phoenix metro, an accelerated low-residency format hosted at Sonoran University of Health Sciences in Tempe, Arizona. The Council on Chiropractic Education’s directory of Doctor of Chiropractic programs, as read October 12, 2026, does not list a Phoenix or Tempe location for SCU.

Sources and dates. Facts were read from Southern California University of Health Sciences’s own pages on the dates shown beside each one. Tuition, accreditation actions and program length that ChiroTrack had already published are reused with their original source and date. Federal figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, retrieved September 1, 2026. Programs change their pages; confirm with the program before you rely on anything here.