[2] John Paul Catholic (JPCatholic) officially opened its doors with the first classes on September 21, 2006, with a temporary campus in Scripps Ranch.

[3] The college moved to a permanent campus in Escondido in 2013, holding its first classes there at the start of the Fall 2013 academic quarter.

[7] Classrooms, sound stage, and chapel are located in a former Mingei art museum on Grand Avenue, the heart of Escondido's historic downtown, while administrative offices and a student life center are housed in two buildings across the street.

In early 2016, the college purchased a long-vacant furniture store with the intent to renovate the space into a Creative Arts Academic Complex.

[10] The campus will double in size with the additional building located at 131 S. Broadway in Escondido being converted into a new 30,000 square foot Creative Arts Academic Complex.

[15][16] The college also offers free faculty and guest speaker lectures and self-paced online courses available to the public.

[18] Undergraduate students also take core curriculum classes in philosophy, literature, business, and humanities, with a heavy emphasis on Scripture and Catholic theology.