Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

According to its mission statement, Santa Clara University "pursues its vision by creating an academic community that educates the whole person within the Jesuit, Catholic tradition, making student learning our central focus, continuously improving our curriculum and cocurriculum, strengthening our scholarship and creative work, and serving the communities of which we are a part in Silicon Valley and around the world." [Source]

Website: http://www.scu.edu/

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5,895
Undergraduate
Enrollment

85%
4-Year
Graduation Rate

$55,860
Tuition & Fees
(annually)

11:1
Student to Faculty Ratio

0.7%
Student Loan Default Rate

General Education Requirements

Composition

YES

Literature

Foreign Language

U.S. Government/History

Economics

Mathematics

YES

Science

YES

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Curriculum last evaluated: 9/27/2022

2021-22 enrollment and tuition data, and four-year graduation rates for first-time, full-time freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2012, are derived from the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator.