[2] The university is accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS).

[3] Other members of staff include Chair of the Board Youngkyo Choi and Chief Operating Officer Jaehoon Moon.

[13] In 2012, the San Jose Mercury News reported that Oikos nursing students, the school's only licensed program, had been failing nursing license exams "at alarming rates", worrying state regulators.

The school does not own its campus, a building near the Oakland International Airport, but instead rents it; in the aftermath of the shooting, it was forced to relocate classes temporarily to other rented facilities, including classrooms at Chabot College in Hayward and Unitek College in Fremont.

[3] The school's debt, combined with outstanding lawsuits for failure to pay employees, may impact its approval to operate in California.