Overview

Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU)’s Master of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine (MAcCHM) program honors tradition, teaches students to treat individuals with a variety of conditions, and prepares students to formulate and prescribe therapies including acupuncture needling, cupping, moxibustion, herbal medicine, and more.

Key Features

SCU offers practitioner faculty, technologically advanced classrooms and labs, diverse clinical learning opportunities, and a fun and engaging college experience. As a well-studied health care methodology, acupuncture and Chinese medicine is a whole paradigm into itself, a way of thinking that can be combined with Western medicine or applied in evidence-informed ways to treat the whole person.Completion of SCU’s Master of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine program prepares students to be eligible for the California Acupuncture Licensing Examination (CALE) and the National Certification Commission For Acupuncture And Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), which enable students to become licensed.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Oriental Medicine Diagnosis

Herbal Therapy

Evidence-based Practice

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-05-04 00:00:00

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Starting 2026-09-02 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00

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More details

SCU admits students on a rolling basis.

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus, Blended

Campus Location

Whittier, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

2.5 GPA or greater on a 4.0 scale.
Don’t meet the GPA requirements? Students may still be admitted with the approval of the Dean.
Students who are missing a prerequisite course requirement or are looking to improve their GPA can choose to take an SCU Accelerated Science course and complete the requirements in as little as five weeks. SCU’s Accelerated Science courses are prequalified and guaranteed acceptance for this program.
Minimum of 90 semesters or 135 quarter credits at an institution(s) accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or an equivalent foreign agency or a bachelor’s degree.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

26314 USD / year

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Out-of-State

26314 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

26314 USD / year

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Living costs

Whittier

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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Funding

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Key Features

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Delivered

Campus Location

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What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Whittier

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