Biola University is welcoming incoming students to the Biola community as they start their journey as an Eagle this fall.
Two Peoria residents are part of this club: Kyler Laird, majoring in Business Administration and Jacqueline Wang of Peoria, majoring in Allied Health.
Biola’s incoming class represents an accomplished, diverse group of individuals who hail from 48 countries and 45 states. More than 1,650 undergraduate and graduate students started their journey at Biola for their first day of classes on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
These students are part of the largest incoming class since fall 2019.
Biola is a nationally ranked Christian university in the heart of Southern California.
The university was recognized as one of America’s best colleges, earning a spot in the higher tier of the “best national universities” category of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges 2025 rankings. Biola also broke ground last month on its new 45,463 square-foot studio facility for students in the Snyder School of Cinema & Media Arts, named after the founding family of In-N-Out Burger.