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Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA · Private (nonprofit) · 6,552 students · mostly bachelor degrees
485th-cheapest of 495 California colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$50,062
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$82,026
Graduation rate
88%
Admission rate
48%
Median graduate earnings
$109,183
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$19,162
Average SAT
1426
Median ACT
32
Pell grant recipients
11%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
83 programsComputer Engineering, General · Master's Degree261 grads/yr$231,929Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$196,786Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree266 grads/yr$195,995Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree14 grads/yr$170,120Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree83 grads/yr$163,765Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$153,926Law · First Professional Degree231 grads/yr$148,599Mathematics and Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree103 grads/yr$147,013Accounting · Bachelor's Degree84 grads/yr$130,087Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree36 grads/yr$122,111Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree77 grads/yr$121,307Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree164 grads/yr$118,737Accounting · Post-baccalaureate Certificate$115,965Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree34 grads/yr$114,426Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree22 grads/yr$108,364Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree32 grads/yr$105,594Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree99 grads/yr$104,723Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree96 grads/yr$93,518Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree140 grads/yr$84,206Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree51 grads/yr$79,448Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree125 grads/yr$77,194Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree115 grads/yr$75,742Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General · Bachelor's Degree39 grads/yr$75,430Environmental Science · Bachelor's Degree46 grads/yr$72,889
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.