by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Santa Clara University took the #45 spot. This means that the school is among the Top 5% of the nation when it comes to overall quality. SCU received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
In addition, SCU took the #9 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in California.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, SCU came in at #130.
In addition, SCU took the #20 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in California.
The total graduate student population at SCU is made up of 53.9% women and 46.1% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at SCU, around 45.2% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 22.7% of graduate students hail from another country. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $25,170 | $25,170 |
After obtaining their master's degree from SCU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $94,996. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 63% higher than the national average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at SCU is $74,729. That's on par with the nationwide average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Santa Clara University.
Contact details for SCU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053 |
| Phone: | 408-554-4000 |
| Website: | www.scu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/SantaClaraUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/SantaClaraUniv |
Around 13.8% of SCU graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 13.8% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer Engineering | 6 |
| Law | 217 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1 |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 16 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.