General Info

Simpson University, located in Redding, Calif., is a comprehensive Christian liberal arts institution that offers undergraduate, graduate and teaching credential programs. The university and graduate school offers 24 bachelor's degree programs and four master's programs in teaching and ministry. Its majors include bible and theology, business administration, English, general ministry, elementary education, history, psychology and pastoral studies. The university was founded in 1921 in Seattle as Simpson Bible Institute Simpson. In 1955, the school moved to San Francisco, and its name was changed to Simpson Bible College since it was now granting bachelor's degrees. Over the years, the college continued to broaden its academic offerings so that by the time the half-century mark was reached in 1971, it had become a more comprehensive liberal arts college offering professional as well as biblical studies. That same year, its name was changed to Simpson College. Simpson moved to Redding in 1989.