Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Finance, General (14% of graduates). 11 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 68% of colleges. 72% of faculty are full-time. Spends $22,421 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
1,601 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 41% of graduates; 45 programs in 20 fields awarded at least one.
- Finance, General 52.080114% 226Graduates in this field earn $118,737 4 years out
- Mathematics and Computer Science 30.08017.4% 119Graduates in this field earn $147,013 4 years out
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric 09.01016.4% 103Graduates in this field earn $84,206 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.01016.4% 102Graduates in this field earn $75,742 4 years out
- Marketing/Marketing Management, General 52.14016.3% 101Graduates in this field earn $104,723 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Interdisciplinary studies, 1.1% → 7.4% of graduates since 2014–15 (119 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Computer Engineering$163,765 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $103,804
4 years after completion$163,765National median: $109,015Above typical4 years out, Pell: $164,452 · Non-Pell: $149,806(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $24,833 · 166 graduates, two most recent years combined
Management Information Systems and Services$153,926 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $93,042
4 years after completion$153,926National median: $83,290Above typicalMedian federal debt: $19,995 · 73 graduates, two most recent years combined
Mathematics and Computer Science$147,013 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $91,851
4 years after completion$147,013National median: $118,943Above typicalMedian federal debt: $21,500 · 210 graduates, two most recent years combined
Accounting and Related Services$130,087 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $78,417
4 years after completion$130,087National median: $76,194Above typical4 years out, Pell: $102,445 · Non-Pell: $102,080(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $18,625 · 151 graduates, two most recent years combined
Mechanical Engineering$122,111 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $81,865
4 years after completion$122,111National median: $92,135Above typical4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $105,360(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $19,000 · 88 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
The college also reports 11 to 1 in its Common Data Set (7,504 students, 707 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
42%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 1% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 124 | 10% |
| 10–19 | 407 | 32% |
| 20–29 | 415 | 33% |
| 30–39 | 269 | 21% |
| 40–49 | 36 | 3% |
| 50–99 | 10 | 1% |
| 100+ | 0 | 0% |
This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.
Programs & curriculum
- Double major
- Domestic exchange program
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Student-designed major
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
Requires coursework in arts, English composition, a foreign language, humanities, math, a natural science, and social science.
$132,554
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other private nonprofit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Santa Clara University Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Santa Clara University Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)
