Santa Clara University

About Santa Clara - Student Profile - Fall 2008

About SCU

Students

Student Profile

Enrollment (Fall 2008)
School Undergraduate Graduate Total

College of Arts and Sciences

        2,773      2,773
Leavey School of Business         1,835    1,133 
  2,968
School of Engineering         659
   735
  1,394
School of Law       994   994
Counseling Psychology, Education, and Pastoral Ministries    
   629
  629
Fall 2008 Enrollment Total
        5,267
   3,491
  8,758
Summer 2008 Enrollment Total
        1,438
   2,092
  3,530

 

Freshman Class Profile (Fall 2008 - Class of 2012)
Applications  10,124
Accepted  5,834
Enrolled  1,221


 

Enrolled Freshman
Mean academic GPA    
 3.53              
Mean SAT verbal score  600
Mean SAT math score  627
Catholic  52%
From Jesuit high schools  12%
From public high schools  43%
Alumni ties  30%
Live in residence halls  94%


 

Student Statistics (Fall 2008)
Gender  Undergraduate  Graduate
Men  2,469 (47%)  2,027  (58%)
Women  2,798 (53%)

 1,464 (42%)



 

Ethnicity

 Undergraduate  Graduate
White  2,470 (47%)  1,320 (38%)
Asian  892 (17%)  1,266 (36%)
Hispanic  739 (14%)  262 (8%)
African-American  192 (4%)  84 (2%)
Native American  18 (0.3%)  11 (0.3%)
Other  956 (18%)  548 (16%)

 

Geography
From California  58%         
 From outside California  42%
Number of states  37
Number of foreign countries  16


 

Other Statistics (2007-08)
Freshman retention rate  93% (2007-08)
Graduate rate  85% (Freshmen from Fall 2002 who graduated within six years)
Live in residence halls  49% of undergraduates
Average class size  25
Student to faculty ratio  12:1



 

 

Student Costs

Undergraduate Program (2008-09)
Tuition and fees                   
 $34,950 per year
Room and board  $11,070 per year


 

Graduate Programs (2008-09)
School of Law tuition  $1,225 per semester unit    
MBA tuition  $761 per quarter unit
Engineering tuition  $689 per quarter unit
Counseling Psychology and Education tuition  $438 per quarter unit   
Pastoral Ministries tuition  $438 per quarter unit


 

 

Financial Assistance

Undergraduate Students (2008-09)
Total scholarships/grants  $56,278,996.00
Total student loans  $30,882,195.00
Work study  $1,612,506.00
Receiving aid  80%


 

Graduate Students (2008-09)
Total scholarships/grants
 $2,664,608.00 
Total student loans  $8,056,682.00
Receiving aid  35%


 

Law Students (2008-09)
Total scholarships/grants  $5,040,864.00
Total student loans  $26,761,279.00
Work study  $86,270.00
Receiving aid  83%