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As a Jesuit, Catholic university, Santa Clara seeks to provide students with both a strong academic experience, and one that underscores the importance of ethics and justice. To this end, the university offers a myriad of service opportunities for students through the Santa Clara Community Action Program, a clearinghouse for service endeavors and other student programs. The university also houses the Arrupe Center, which serves the marginalized and poor, and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, which is one of the most prominent forums for discussion and research on the topic of ethics nationwide. The Center for Science, Technology and Society also promotes the common good of society by providing an independent forum for public dialogue and interdisciplinary inquiry into the social and cultural dimensions of technological change in today’s society.

STUDENT PROFILE (as of Sept. 2009)

# of degree-seeking undergraduates 5,200

% male/female 47/53

% African American 5

% Asian 15

% Native American 0.3

% Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0.5

% Hispanic/Latino 15

% Caucasian 38

% Multiethnic 9

% International 3

% Pell grant recipients 16

First-generation and minority alumni Reza Aslan ’95, writer, scholar, CBS analyst, NPR commentator; Khaled Hosseini ’88, author, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns; Randy Winn ’96, outfielder, San Francisco Giants; Noelle Lopez ’09, Rhodes Scholar

ACADEMICS
full-time faculty                                                                    449
full-time minority faculty                                                       82
student-faculty ratio                                                          13:1
average class size                                                                25
% first-year retention rate                                                   93
% graduation rate (6 years)                                               85
Popular majors Biology, Communications and Media Studies, Engineering, Finance, Psychology

CAMPUS LIFE

% live on campus (% freshmen) 48 (95)

Multicultural student clubs and organizations Multicultural student clubs and organizations Arab Cultural Society, Asian-Pacific Islander Student Union, Association of South East Asian Students, Barkada, Chicanos & Latinos in Engineering & Sciences, Chinese Student Association, Igwebuike, Intandesh, Iranian Student Organization, Japanese Student Association, Ka Mana’o O Hawaii, Latino Business Student Association, Vietnamese Student Association

Athletics NCAA Division I, West Coast Conference; m baseball, m/w basketball, m/w crew, m/w cross country, m/w golf, m/w soccer, m/w track, m/w tennis, w softball, w volleyball, m/w water polo

ADMISSIONS (Class of 2013)

# of applicants 10,226

% accepted 59

# of first-year students enrolled 1,085

SAT Critical Reading (mean) 624

SAT Math (mean) 643

ACT (mean) 28

average HS GPA (unweighted) 3.63

Deadlines

early action 11/1

regular decision 1/7

application fee $55

fee waiver for applicants

with financial need yes

COST & AID

tuition $37,368

room & board $11,742

total need-based institutional

scholarships/grants $25,759,344

% of students apply for need-based aid 59

% of students receive aid 78

% receiving need-based scholarship

or grant aid 67

% receiving aid whose need was

fully met 80

average aid package $23,859

average student loan debt

upon graduation $23,909