Bastyr University
Former names | John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine Bastyr College |
|---|---|
| Motto | Vis medicatrix naturae |
Motto in English | The healing power of nature |
| Type | Private university |
| Established | 1978 |
| Endowment | $4.32M (2021) |
| President | Devin Byrd |
| Provost | Dave Rule |
| Students | 728 |
| Undergraduates | 74 |
| Location | , , United States 47°43′49″N 122°15′10″W / 47.7304°N 122.2528°W |
| Campus | 51 acres (21 ha) |
| Colors | Cranberry and ginger |
| Website | www.bastyr.edu |
Bastyr University is a private alternative medicine university with campuses in Kenmore, Washington, and San Diego, California. Programs include naturopathy, acupuncture, Traditional Asian medicine, nutrition, herbal medicine, ayurvedic medicine, psychology, and midwifery.
Some of Bastyr's programs teach and research topics that are considered pseudoscience, quackery, and fake by the scientific and medical communities. Quackwatch, a group against health fraud, put Bastyr University on its list of "questionable organizations" as a school which is "accredited but not recommended".
Bastyr University and similar naturopathic programs are not accredited as medical schools but as programs that are overseen by a naturopathic council which is not required to be scientific. Bastyr's naturopathic program has been accused by critics of misrepresenting its medical rigor and its ability to train primary care clinicians.
A 2024 report found that students in Bastyr's alternative medicine doctoral program had the second highest debt-to-income ratio among all US graduate programs, at 688%.