Santa Clara University

What Santa Clara University makes

Topics higher education, silicon valley, jesuit, graduation, ethics

Santa Clara University sits in the heart of Silicon Valley and has among the best four-year graduation rates in the nation. SCU has produced elite levels of Fulbright Scholars as well as four Rhodes Scholars. SCU is a Jesuit, Catholic university with more than 8,800 students. Founded in 1851 by the Society of Jesus, California's oldest operating higher education institution offers a rigorous undergraduate curriculum in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus nationally recognized graduate and professional programs in business, law, engineering, education, counseling psychology, pastoral ministries, and theology. The University boasts a diverse community of scholars offering a values-oriented curriculum characterized by small class sizes and a dedication to educating students for competence, conscience, and compassion. The traditions of Jesuit education—educating the whole person for a life of service—run deep in all of its curricular and co-curricular programs.

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