Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity Scholarships

As a Touro California student, you are supported in your efforts to use scholarships as a way to help fund your education — including those scholarships especially aimed at fostering diversity and inclusion. You're also encouraged to take part in various activities — such as our annual Mosaic Celebration — that help fund Touro's own diversity scholarships.

Our Mosaic Celebration includes celebrity entertainment and silent auction that both raise money for diversity scholarships. Mosaic scholarships reflect a global village of students who leave TUC with the ability to affect change from the embodiment of our social justice values.

Since 2017, more than $656,000 in Mosaic scholarship funds have been raised from our gracious sponsors and donors. Thus far, 83 students of diverse backgrounds have been supported on their paths to helping others through Mosaic scholarships.

Touro California's financial aid department is a great source of information regarding other diversity scholarship opportunities.

Financial Aid

College Diversity Statements

While diversity, inclusion, and social justice are themes that run throughout TUC, we know that each college within our university has unique ways of implementing those values. Find your college below to read its diversity statement. 

College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM)

In order to aspire to and attain the vision of Touro University California (TUC) for “inspirational teaching and scholarship, transformative leadership, and exemplary service” we must embrace and dedicate ourselves to the acceptance and appreciation of diversity.

Likewise, we believe that the only way we can achieve the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s vision “to prepare outstanding osteopathic physicians for the future needs of their patients and communities” is to create a culture and environment that is fully inclusive representing a diverse group of students, staff, faculty and leaders.

To establish meaningful solutions, encourage important innovation, and thoroughly address the needs of a broadly diverse society, we must ensure that we are fostering inclusion, educating about disparity and social determinants of health, understanding multi-cultural issues, and examining solutions that include the full spectrum of perspectives, experiences, and opinions. Our approach to achieving our vision with respect to diversity is twofold.

• First, in developing our programs we actively seek those from all walks of life who are the best and brightest while embracing our values of social justice, intellectual pursuit, and service to humanity.
• Second, our educational focus is to prepare students for the practice of medicine not only for today but for decades to come. To accomplish this requires an understanding of the importance of diversity that extends beyond race, gender, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status but also encompasses other qualities that embody all that we as a global society represent.
• Specifically, we have developed robust programs in primary and preventative care, global health, public health, and inter-professionalism all based on a hands-on osteopathic approach that emphasizes empathy, mindfulness, and the need to effectively communicate with all individuals. Utilizing this approach we hope to close the loop from recruitment to practice, such that we will attract a diverse group of professionals who want to learn how to DO what we DO to benefit and aid our diverse constituency. This is what we call the D.O. difference in diversity.

Our education programs prepare educators to meet the needs of all students and train them for the future of education. Our Mission is to promote social justice by serving the community and larger society; as well as to prepare and continuously support professional educators to meet the needs of a constantly changing and diverse student population.

Graduate School of Education (GSOE)

GSOE has taken concrete steps to recruit candidates that reflect this diverse student body and provide the support to succeed.

Those steps include:

• Developing admissions criteria that use multiple and inclusive measures to evaluate applicants.
• Engaging with the community to encourage applicants from all backgrounds to become educators.
• Providing scholarships to increase the diversity of applicants and support current students.
• Leading and partnering with the other programs in the College of Education and Health Sciences to host professional development and community forums in the areas of social justice, educational and health disparities, equity, and inclusion.

These actions have increased diversity in the GSOE and this is shown in Touro's teacher credential admissions data in comparison with all teacher programs in California.

College of Pharmacy (COP)

COP's ultimate goal is to benefit society through its programs in pharmacy education, research, scholarship, and service. With that in mind, we prepare our students to become competent, caring, and ethical pharmacists dedicated to optimizing healthcare outcomes.

Therefore, we promote life-long learning in a culture of collegiality, respect, and diversity. Indeed, we are dedicated to sustaining a culture of equity, respect, and understanding by recruiting faculty, staff, and students who are diverse. Through this dedication, we believe we will ultimately be recognized locally, nationally, and internationally for excellence in our endeavors.

Joint Physician Assistant Program (PA/MPH)

Touro University California Joint MSPAS/MPH Program is committed to fostering an environment centered on a foundation of social justice. These social justice principles serve as a guide for our faculty, staff, students, and alumni to engage, serve, and support diverse communities.

We incorporate this by:

• Holistically reviewing applicants during the admission process
• Incorporating JEDI principles throughout the curricula
• Providing clinical experiences with diverse populations and settings
• Encouraging and supporting faculty to provide patient care to underserved and under-resourced populations

As a learning journey for our students and the program, we continue to strengthen the community through a shared commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.