Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
- Undergrads
- 6,552
- Admit rate
- 48%
- Net price
- $50.1k
- Grad rate
- 88%
- Roman Catholic
- Specialty: Business 27%
- Specialty: Engineering 16%
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA 90263Suburb: LargeUNITID 121150
Private nonprofit 4-yearDoctoral/Professional UniversitiesChurches of ChristSpecialty: Business 23%Specialty: Communication & Journalism 15%Specialty: Social Sciences 11%
Undergraduates
3,553
Graduate students
5,423
Admit rate
63%
Average net price
$58.1k
Graduation rate
83%
Retention rate
88%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$82.9k
Median debt
$23.5k
Student : faculty
12:1
Value score*
18th pct.
Programs offered
78
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- West · Pacific
- Setting
- Suburb: Large (outside principal city, in urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more)
- Carnegie
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year, medium, highly residential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- Churches of Christ
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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- Undergrads
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- 5,287
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.