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Santa Clara University

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Santa Clara at a Glance

Mission Santa Clara de Asis

Mission Santa Clara de Asis
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Location:
Santa Clara, CA
Setting:
Mid-sized city
Control:
Private Non-Profit
In-State Tuition:
$39,048
Out-of-State Tuition:
$39,048
Room & Board:
$11,997
Full-Time Undergrads:
5,017
Part-Time Undergrads:
90
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School Website:
www.scu.edu
Admissions Website:
www.scu.edu/ugrad
Financial Aid Website:
www.scu.edu/financialaid
Application Deadline:
January 7
Acceptance Rate:
58 %
Admission Difficulty:
Average
Average SAT Scores:
1120–1340
Average ACT Scores:
26–30

Best Things

  • Beautiful campus
  • Sunny and warm, even in February
  • Close-knit campus community
  • Fall quarter doesn't start until the end of September
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Worst Things

  • No football team
  • Housing is expensive.
  • Lack of diversity
  • Spring quarter doesn't end until mid-June.
  • More worst things . . .

Most Popular Majors

Tags: Traditional Colleges and Universities, Tuition: $30K-40K, Student Body: 5000-10000, California, Mid-sized city, Bachelor's (4-year), Master's, Doctoral, Certificate

Overall ExperienceWhat's This?

Inspired by its Jesuit roots, Santa Clara's mission to educate the whole person by engaging the mind, body, and spirit encourages its students to maintain a healthy balance between work and play. Santa Clara's diverse academic, extracurricular, and community service opportunities make it easy for students to do what they love and to tailor their SCU experience accordingly. Though many students initially have a tough time adjusting (typical for most college freshmen), taking advantage of the resources provided by the strong campus community can help make the transition process easier. Thriving at Santa Clara requires finding your niche, which can take awhile, but is worth it once you do. 

Most students cite weather, location, and academics as Santa Clara's greatest strengths, and they appreciate the active and supportive community on campus. While many students agree that they would change certain aspects of the school if they could (the cost of tuition taking priority), most feel pretty satisfied with their Santa Clara experience. 

Santa Clara Student Reviews

Overall Experience at Santa Clara University

mregan12

Biology and Biological Sciences '16

5.0
A+

This Place Is Amazing!

I absolutely love Santa Clara. When I went down to visit it, it felt like home.

Apr 28, 2012

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Overall Experience at Santa Clara University

hpgirl

Communications '15

5.0
A+

Their Facebook page is awesome

check out the undergrad admissions Facebook page for all your information. It really was helpful and gave me all the information I could ever need about everything!

Nov 01, 2011

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Overall Experience at Santa Clara University

lteg

Psychology '12

4.2
A-

Great Community Feel

The best part about SCU has been the strong sense of community. I always felt as though there were many resources for support, and the people and professors generally seemed very down-to-earth. Work was challenging, but not overwhelming. Aside from that, the weather was to die for!

Feb 08, 2011

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