Bastyr University is a private university with campuses in Kenmore, Washington, and San Diego, California. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in natural health arts and sciences. Bastyr University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The university is named after Dr. John Bastyr, a naturopath who founded the Seattle-based John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine in 1978. The university's mission is to educate future leaders in the natural health arts and sciences.