unitid 122931 · Santa Clara, CA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (midsize)
Santa Clara University
- enrollment 2023
- 9,960
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
48%
18th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
6,552
95th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
11%
undergrads on Pell grants
5th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
88%
finish within 150% time
93rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$82,026
92nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$50,062
after aid, aided students
99th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$109,183
after entry, Title IV students
99th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$19,162
18th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $22,985 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k15%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75k13%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $97,114
- First-generation students
- 17%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $61,293
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 5.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 266 | $194,180 | — |
| Computer Engineering. | 261 | $196,357 | — |
| Law. | 231 | $135,208 | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 164 | $127,056 | $16,201 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 140 | $74,671 | $18,500 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 125 | $90,576 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 115 | $77,958 | $17,667 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 108 | — | — |
| Mathematics and Computer Science. | 103 | — | $21,500 |
| Marketing. | 99 | $100,123 | $19,712 |
| Political Science and Government. | 96 | $73,668 | $21,750 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 84 | $123,065 | $19,250 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.