William Jessup University is a private Christian university in Rocklin, California. The university was founded as San Jose Bible College in 1939, in San Jose by William Lee Jessup. The campus has state-of-the-art facilities, which include academic classrooms equipped with innovative smart technologies and a robust library with online access to thousands of additional resources. Some of the newer facilities include a 1000+ seat gymnasium, an award-winning cafeteria, three science laboratory and prep rooms, media and 3-D visual arts labs, and a new residence hall. When Jessup started classes in Rocklin, it did so as the first, private four-year university in the greater Sacramento area and the first evangelical Christian college between Fresno and Redding. Today, Jessup has over 2,400 students enrolled in their Traditional Undergraduate, Adult Degree Completion, Online, Graduate, and Certificate programs for the 2021-22 academic year. The University offers over 20 majors and approximately 60 programs.
