Santa Clara University is located in a medium-sized city, in Santa Clara, CA. The school is officially a Roman Catholic school. Santa Clara University is a private, not-for-profit institution. Degree levels at the school top out at the Doctoral degree.

Course Topics

Students at Santa Clara University often study law, engineering, and business and management.

Santa Clara University Selectivity

The admissions department at the school does not accept all those who apply. Most students' verbal SAT scores were in the range of 550 to 650 in 2007. A quarter of students admitted in 2007 scored 670 or higher on the math SAT.

Faculty

Students at the school benefit from the low student/teacher ratio. The school's tenure system is geared toward rewarding and keeping the most valuable professors. By paying its faculty better than most schools, the school tries to attract and retain a high quality teaching staff.

Student Enrollment

Santa Clara University offers classes to 8,685 students (7,415 full-time equivalent).

Student Life

The school serves primarily full-time students. Many students live in housing on or near campus. Students sports include formal participation in West Coast Conference and Western Athletic Conference competitions.

The school reports its educational mission is:
"Santa Clara University UNIVERSITY MISSION Santa Clara University is a Catholic and Jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning as it deals with the challenges facing it. Student learning takes place at the undergraduate and graduate level in an educational environment that integrates rigorous inquiry and scholarship, creative imagination, reflective engagement with society, and a commitment to fashioning a more humane and just world. As an academic community, we expand the boundaries of knowledge and insight through teaching, research, artistic expression, and other forms of scholarship. It is primarily through discovering, communicating, and applying knowledge that we exercise our institutional responsibility as a voice of reason and conscience in society. We offer challenging academic programs and demonstrate a commitment to the development of: Undergraduate students who seek an education with a strong humanistic orientation in a primarily residential setting. Graduate students, many of them working professionals in Silicon Valley, who seek advanced degree programs that prepare them to make significant contributions to their fields. In addition to these core programs, we also provide a variety of continuing education and professional development opportunities for nonmatriculated students. Santa Clara University Approved by the Board of Trustees February 20, 1998"