Student Population at SCU

The following chart compares SCU's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California.

SCU has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 21,529 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California average (2,024 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Santa Clara University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 4,719 male and 5,009 female students attending SCU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.94 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at SCU.

At Santa Clara University, 1,436 students (14.76% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 500 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 118 students live in California where Santa Clara University is located in and 324 students have enrolled from other states.