Frederick Taylor University (FTU) is an unaccredited, formerly state-approved private institution of higher learning located in Orange, California, currently offering resident and nonresident certificates in business, as well as undergraduate and graduate degrees in Christian leadership.
The university previously offered undergraduate and graduate distance education programs in business leading to either a bachelor's or master's degree.
[2] FTU currently offers both resident and nonresident programs leading to various certificates in business, as well as a bachelor's, master's, and doctorate in Christian leadership.
[3][4] Secular degrees are no longer offered; religious degree granting institutions are typically exempt from the state-approval process, but the school mentions on its website that the eligibility for exempt status has not been verified by the California Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE).
[5] Upon being approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) for a change of ownership/control, the university was acquired by The Vines Branches Transformation Company, a corporation based in City of Orange in Southern California.