for its focus on business entrepreneurship, and offers an educational track and resource hub for entrepreneurial students, called the Business Launchpad. Seniors business students work with business-experienced faculty to develop viable business plans, and use University resources to launch a company. Rankings U.S. News & World Report 2020 ranks the school as #16 (out of 109 schools listed) in its "Regional Colleges West" category, these being "colleges which focus on undergraduate education that grant fewer than half their degrees in liberal arts disciplines." This category is not to be confused with Regional Universities West (128 schools), which "offer a full range of undergraduate programs and some master's programs but few doctoral programs", or National Liberal Arts Colleges (223 schools), which "emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half of their degrees in the liberal arts fields of study." The university is ranked among the "Absolute Worst Campuses for LGBTQ Youth" in the US by Campus Pride. It was granted an exception to Title IX in 2016 which legally allows it to decline LGBT students for religious reasons. Accreditation JPCatholic is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission. References External links Official website Universities and colleges in San Diego County, California Catholic universities and colleges in California Education in Escondido, California Educational institutions established in 2003 2003 establishments in California