Prepare yourself for the ultimate task of finding meaning and fulfillment in life

Expand your horizons and your consciousness

Live and study in a unique liberal arts college set in a community ashram in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Northern California.

A daily routine of meditation, classes and service, helps cultivate personal initiative, creativity and spiritual awareness, preparing students for a lifelong process of learning and successful living.

Explore world religions, foreign cultures, art and consciousness. Investigate the great unsolved mysteries of human civilizations...the yuga cycles of time.

Study abroad in North and South India for 5-6 weeks as part of our World Cultures & Consciousness curriculum.

Areas of Study

  • Yoga Philosophy
  • World Cultures & Consciousness
  • The Small Communities Solution
  • Dharmic Business & Leadership
  • Inspirational Arts
  • Directional Psychology & Healing
  • Alternative Energy & Sustainable Living
  • Education for Life

As well as offering a 4-year B.A. and 2-year A.A. degree in Living Wisdom Studies*, the college offers 1-year certificate programs:

  • Education for Life Teacher Training Certificate
  • The Small Communities Solution Certificate
  • Ananda Yoga Philosophy Training Certificate
  • Holistic Health & Healing Certificate
  • Polarity Therapy Training Certificate**

* Those attending the 4-year and 2-year degree programs can also earn above certificates as part of their program.

** Polarity Therapy Intensive program at Ananda College offered in conjunction with faculty member Bruce Burger,M.A., RPP, RPE, author and founder of Heartwood Institute, qualifies for Associate Polarity Practitioner Certification (APP) from the American Polarity Association (APTA)

Inner Peace in a College Setting

Intellectual stimulation and future employment are worthy objectives that every college must address. At Ananda College, we approach these goals within a broader context of preparing students for a lifelong process of learning and successful living.

By cultivating such important values as personal initiative and creativity, emotional sensitivity and spiritual awareness, we help students prepare themselves for the ultimate task of finding meaning and fulfillment in life. We’re unique because the spiritual dimension of life is fully acknowledged in the classroom. Some classes may fulfill traditional college requirements, but others offer a new approach to academic learning.

In this environment students discover actions and attitudes that bring a sense of inner peace, well-being and happiness.

Our unique campus offers a rare opportunity for experiencing the contemplative life alongside a dynamic learning environment that promotes leadership and intellectual inquiry. Here, living within a spiritual community dedicated to simple living and high thinking, a student will gain a new perspective in modeling global communities of the future.