Santa Clara University
Built for athletes. The numbers a recruit needs and a coach won't volunteer: roster room, the money behind the program, admissions fit, what a family really pays, campus life and safety.
Santa Clara University is a private doctoral/professional university in Santa Clara, CA (city setting), with 6,249 undergraduates (50% women), affiliated with the Roman Catholic. It admitted 44% of 18,843 applicants — top quarter for selectivity among Division I schools; the middle half of admitted students scored 1340–1500 on the SAT and 30–33 on the ACT (test-optional). Cost of attendance is $83,142 a year for out-of-state students; aided first-year students paid $49,651 on average after grants (bottom quarter for affordability in its division). 88% of students graduate within six years. The most common bachelor's degrees are in business, engineering, social sciences. The campus reported 0.65 violent offences per 1,000 students a year over 2022–2024 — upper half for safety among Division I schools.
Against Division I schools
Percentile among 366 Division I institutions; higher is better on every bar.
Selectivity, graduation, net price and safety (violent offences per 1,000 students, three-year average). Method.
Where Santa Clara University ranks
0 top-ten finishes among Division I schools, across 64 data-built lists.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- City
- Type
- Private · Doctoral/professional university
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 88%
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $59,241
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 3 burglaries · 15 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 1 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Your coaches
Research Santa Clara University
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Santa Clara University teams on the site
| Program | Conference | Roster | Cap | Coaches | Budget | Per player | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Soccer | West Coast Conference | 35 | 7 over | 4 | $2.9M | $83,496 | 997 | |
| Baseball | West Coast Conference | 41 | 7 over | 5 | $2.3M | $56,066 | 969 | |
| Men's Basketball | West Coast Conference | 16 | 1 over | 1 | $6M | $373,589 | 975 | |
| Women's Basketball | West Coast Conference | 13 | room 2 | 1 | $2.7M | $210,377 | 984 | |
| Women's Beach Volleyball | West Coast Conference | 16 | room 3 | 2 | $312k | $19,522 | — | |
| Men's Cross Country | West Coast Conference | 22 | 5 over | 3 | $1.1M | $51,912 | 1000 | |
| Women's Cross Country | West Coast Conference | 21 | 4 over | 3 | $362k | $17,233 | 1000 | |
| Men's Golf | West Coast Conference | 12 | 3 over | 2 | $707k | $58,911 | 993 | |
| Women's Golf | West Coast Conference | 11 | 2 over | 2 | $758k | $68,870 | 1000 | |
| Men's Rowing | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Men's Water Polo | 40 | — | 4 | $574k | $14,341 | — | |
| Women's Rowing | West Coast Conference | 27 | room 41 | 1 | $145k | $5,379 | 997 | |
| Men's Soccer | West Coast Conference | 29 | 1 over | 4 | $1.8M | $61,084 | 990 | |
| Softball | West Coast Conference | 22 | room 3 | 4 | $1.3M | $59,857 | 996 | |
| Men's Tennis | West Coast Conference | 9 | room 1 | 2 | $724k | $80,474 | 1000 | |
| Women's Tennis | West Coast Conference | 10 | at cap | 2 | $650k | $64,977 | 1000 | |
| Men's Track & Field | West Coast Conference | 24 | room 21 | 1 | $71k | $2,972 | 1000 | |
| Women's Track & Field | West Coast Conference | 18 | room 27 | 1 | $65k | $3,603 | 1000 | |
| Women's Volleyball | West Coast Conference | 22 | 4 over | 4 | $1.8M | $83,595 | 1000 | |
| Men's Water Polo | West Coast Conference | 27 | 3 over | 2 | $638k | $23,635 | 987 | |
| Women's Water Polo | Golden Coast Conference | 22 | room 2 | 3 | $409k | $18,602 | 1000 |
The whole athletics department — every team with staff and aid totals.