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Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053


Fax number: (408) 554-5255
Website: https://www.scu.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 6,115
Full-time undergraduates: 5,998
Part-time undergraduates: 117
Total graduate students: 3,063
Full-time graduate students: 2,009
Part-time graduate students: 1,054
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
21.0% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.1% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
18.5% Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
39.8% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
9.5% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
6.1% Nonresident Alien
1.7% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 106 acres
Nearest major city: San Francisco, San Jose

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 91%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 53%
Percent of students who live off campus: 47%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Multicultural Center; Associated Student Government; Santa Clara Community Action Program; Activities Programming Board; Into the Wild

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's badminton  
Men's baseball  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's Beach Volleyball  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running  
Men's equestrian sports  
Men's field hockey  
Men's football  
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf  
Men's ice hockey  
Men's lacrosse  
Men's rowing  
Men's rugby  
Men's sailing  
Men's sand volleyball  
Men's soccer  
Men's socceryes 
Men's softball  
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's table tennis  
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis  
Men's track and field  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's triathlon  
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Men's water polo  
Men's water poloyes 
Women's badminton  
Women's baseball  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball  
Women's Beach Volleyball  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running  
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's field hockey  
Women's football  
Women's golf  
Women's golfyes 
Women's ice hockey  
Women's lacrosse  
Women's rowing  
Women's rugby  
Women's sailing  
Women's sand volleyball  
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer  
Women's softball  
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's table tennis  
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis  
Women's track and field  
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's triathlon  
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyball  
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's water poloyes 
Women's water polo  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; baseball; basketball; football; golf; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; water polo; rowing; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Inte

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 83% within six months of graduation

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