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Santa Clara University

Basic Information

Type Private

Location Santa Clara, CA

Population 2,800,000

Website http://www.scu.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 6,235

Men / Women 51% / 49%

White 31%

Asian 22%

Hispanic 22%

Mixed 8%

International 7%

Black 2%

Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Business & Economics 32%

Humanities & Social Sciences 26%

Engineering 15%

Computer Science & Math 14%

Life & Natural Sciences 9%

Health Sciences 2%

Arts 1%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $64,956

Est. Cost of Attendance $86,970

10-Year ROI $268,000

ROI Percentile 95th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 94%

4-Year Graduation Rate 81%

6-Year Graduation Rate 88%

Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 170 (98th pctl)

Sunshine Hours 3,056 (89th pctl)

Days Without Precipitation 307 (95th pctl)

Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 48%

Yield (Unbound) 13%

Early Decision Nov 1

Early Action Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Early Decision 2 Jan 15

Research

Research Level R3

Expenditure

Engineering, Computing & Math	$4M	#240
Humanities & Social Sciences	$1M	#285
Life & Natural Sciences	$1M	#441

Graduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences	242	#101
Engineering, Computing & Math	7	#214
Life & Natural Sciences	0	#581

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional

Submitted Test Scores 38%

SAT Range 1350 – 1450

SAT Math Range 660 – 730

SAT RW Range 660 – 750

ACT Range 29 – 33

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average; +1 is one standard deviation above. The emphasized lines at +2 and −2 mark two standard deviations. One chart per macro-category; all charts share a common y-axis.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
College of Arts and Sciences	686	42% / 58%	7%	$72,833
Engineering Physics	3 —	100% / 0%	33%	—
Computer Science	90 +4	70% / 30%	18%	—
Mathematics	6 +3	67% / 33%	17%	$80,834
Biochemistry	10 —	60% / 40%	20%	—
Biology	47 +4	34% / 66%	4%	$62,240
Chemistry	5 —	60% / 40%	0%	—
Environmental Science	9 —	44% / 56%	0%	$66,207
Environmental Studies	22 +1	18% / 82%	0%	$66,207
Neuroscience	23 +3	26% / 74%	0%	—
Physics	3 +1	67% / 33%	33%	—
Public Health Science	32 +7	22% / 78%	6%	$57,535
Economics	71 +6	79% / 21%	13%	$113,842
Anthropology	6 +1	17% / 83%	0%	—
Child Studies	17 +8	0% / 100%	12%	—
Classics	2 +2	100% / 0%	0%	—
Communication	104 +16	36% / 64%	4%	$66,081
English	17 +2	24% / 76%	0%	$73,142
Ethnic Studies	2 +4	50% / 50%	0%	—
French	6 +4	33% / 67%	17%	—
Gender and Sexuality Studies	2 +5	0% / 100%	0%	—
History	6 +2	67% / 33%	0%	—
Liberal Studies	3 —	67% / 33%	0%	—
Philosophy	15 +3	47% / 53%	0%	—
Political Science	52 +10	33% / 67%	0%	$65,193
Psychology	98 +14	24% / 76%	9%	$68,989
Religious Studies	3 +2	33% / 67%	0%	—
Sociology	14 +8	14% / 86%	0%	$68,879
Spanish	1 +7	0% / 100%	0%	—
Art History
Music	5 +6	80% / 20%	0%	—
Studio Art	5 +3	60% / 40%	20%	—
Theatre	7 +3	57% / 43%	0%	$38,495

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Leavey School of Business	361	65% / 35%	7%	$105,993
Accounting	53 —	70% / 30%	4%	$108,907
Accounting & Information Systems
Economics	19 —	58% / 42%	11%	—
Finance	173 —	76% / 24%	5%	$112,439
Management & Entrepreneurship	43 —	65% / 35%	14%	—
Management Information Systems
Marketing	73 +1	37% / 63%	8%	$88,604

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
School of Engineering	289	69% / 31%	9%	$142,622
Bioengineering	21 —	52% / 48%	5%	$104,829
Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering	20 —	60% / 40%	0%	$95,037
Computer Hardware Engineering	18 —	83% / 17%	11%	$171,678
Electrical & Computer Engineering	80 —	81% / 19%	8%	$171,678
Electrical Engineering	13 —	85% / 15%	8%	$136,618
General Engineering	6 —	100% / 0%	0%	—
Mechanical Engineering	39 —	79% / 21%	5%	$116,365
Computer Science and Engineering	77 —	55% / 45%	17%	—
Web Design and Engineering	15 —	47% / 53%	0%	—

Rankings

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