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#23 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#96 Best Value Schools
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#66 Business Programs
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#37 Accounting
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#12 Entrepreneurship
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#15 Management Information Systems
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#27 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#315 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#134 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#88 First-Year Experiences
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#32 Service Learning
Santa Clara University is ranked #54 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
62
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
20
Graduation and retention rank
33
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
89%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
95%
Social Mobility Rank
315
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
88%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
91%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
80%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
11
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.1
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
58
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
163
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
83%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
94%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
46.1%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
11:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
65
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1270-1440
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
76
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
35
Average alumni giving rate
19.2%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
