Antioch University Seattle

Antioch University Seattle (AUS) is a private liberal arts university founded in 1975 located in Seattle, Washington. It is part of the Antioch University system. Antioch College was established in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Horace Mann, educator, social reformer, abolitionist, and one of the creators of the US public school system was its first president. Mann's goal, which he achieved, was to create a university that would be nonsectarian, coeducational, and that did not utilize a conventional grading system. In 1963 the College began to expand out-of-state.

A network of schools was begun. In 1977 Antioch College renamed itself Antioch University.