Pathways to Higher Education
Santa Clara University’s partnerships expand access to higher education for talented students from all backgrounds. Through our relationships with organizations like College Track and The Posse Foundation, and others to come, SCU provides financial support, mentorship, and opportunities that empower students to thrive.
These collaborations reflect the SCU’s Jesuit values of inclusion, care for the whole person (cura personalis), and a commitment to educating leaders who create a more just and sustainable world.
College Track Scholars
Santa Clara University continues its commitment to inclusive excellence, aligning with College Track’s 10-year student support model to expand opportunity for first-generation, under-resourced students.
How SCU Supports College Track Scholars
- Admits 2–3 College Track scholars annually, meeting 100% of their demonstrated financial need.
- Provides mentoring, advising, and career counseling to ensure holistic success.
- Offers free summer program access to select high-school students.
Aspiring Broncos interested in learning more about College Track can get more information by visiting their website: www.collegetrack.org to learn about eligibility, selection process and application timelines.
Learn more about applying to Santa Clara University.
About College Track
College Track’s mission is to help students from under-resourced communities earn a bachelor’s degree and build lives defined by opportunity, choice, purpose, and possibility. Today, more than 5,000 College Track high school and college students across California, Colorado, Louisiana, and the D.C.-Maryland area are pursuing their goal of becoming the first in their family to graduate from college.
Posse Scholars
Our five-year partnership with The Posse Foundation promises to recruit 50 scholars from the Los Angeles area. SCU will offer full-tuition scholarships to select students with diverse backgrounds who demonstrate academic achievement, leadership, teamwork and personal motivation. SCU is the first Jesuit university to partner with Posse and one of only three institutions in California participating.
How SCU Supports POSSE Scholars
- Full-tuition scholarships for the selected Posse Scholars.
- Collaboration with The Posse Foundation’s three-part assessment process.
- Support within campus life.
Aspiring Broncos interested in learning more about The Posse Foundation can get more information by visiting their website: www.possefoundation.org to learn about eligibility, selection process and application timelines.
Learn more about applying to Santa Clara University.
About Posse
Posse was founded in 1989 by Deborah Bial—inspired by a student who said, “I never would’ve dropped out of college if I’d had my posse with me.” The simple idea of sending a group of students together to college so they could “back each other up” became the impetus for a program that today has identified, recruited, and trained more than 12,000 students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential.