Santa Clara University

About Santa Clara - Student Profile - Fall 2003

About SCU

Students

Student Profile

Enrollment (Fall 2007)
School Undergraduate Graduate Total

College of Arts and Sciences

2,763    2,763
Leavey School of Business 1,928 1,148 3,076
School of Engineering 570 646 1,216
School of Law    974 974
Counseling Psychology, Education, and Pastoral Ministries    
656
656
Fall 2007 Enrollment Total
5,261
3,424
8,685
Summer 2007 Enrollment Total
1,416
1,772
3,188

 

Freshman Class Profile (Fall 2007 - Class of 2011)
Applications 9,459
Accepted 5,802
Enrolled 1,204


 

Enrolled Freshman
Mean academic GPA 3.5
Mean SAT verbal score 597
Mean SAT math score 618
Catholic 51%
From Jesuit high schools 11%
From public high schools 42%
Alumni ties 18%
Live in residence halls 92%


 

Student Statistics (Fall 2007)
Gender Undergraduate Graduate
Men 2,415 (46%) 1,956 (57%)
Women 2,846 (54%)

1,468 (44%)



 

Ethnicity

Undergraduate Graduate
White 2,727 (52%) 1,357 (40%)
Asian 915 (17%) 1,179 (35%)
Hispanic 682 (13%) 245 (7%)
African-American 179 (3%) 70 (2%)
Native American 24 (0.5%) 12 (0.4%)
Other 734 (14%) 561 (16%)

 

Geography
From California 57%
From outside California 43%
Number of states 39
Number of foreign countries 16


 

Other Statistics (2006-07)
Freshman retention rate 94.32% (2005-06)
Graduate rate 86.35% (percentage of freshman who graduate in six years, 2005-06)
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 (2007-08)
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 (2006-07)
Total scholarships/grants $50,651,118.25
Total student loans $31,208,835.88
Work study $1,245,769.00
Receiving aid 79%


 

Graduate Students (2005)
Total scholarships/grants $2,273,419.81
Total student loans $7,135,823.00
Receiving aid 35%


 

Law Students (2006-07)
Total scholarships/grants $4,447,632.87
Total student loans $24,983,933.20
Work study $116,559.00
Receiving aid 84%