Located in Santa Clara, CA, Santa Clara University is a medium-sized university in a city setting. Primarily offering four-year programs, it is a private not-for-profit school that accepts a very small number of students that apply.

From the school's mission statement:

Founded in 1851 by the Society of Jesus as "Santa Clara College," SCU was established on the site of Mission Santa Clara de Asis, the eighth of 21 California missions. Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university, offers its students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees and engineering Ph. Santa Clara University's 449 full-time faculty members include Fulbright professors, nationally recognized authors and poets, groundbreaking scientists, and highly regarded economic forecasters.

For students, Santa Clara University has:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Marketing Management, General
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Business/Management
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, General
• Master's degree and Postbaccalaureate certificate in Educational Leadership and Administration, General
• Master's degree in Engineering/Industrial Management
• Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in Engineering, General
• Master's degree in Information Resources Management/CIO Training
• Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, General
• Master's degree in Business Administration and Management, General
• Bachelor's degree in Business/Managerial Economics
• Bachelor's degree and Postbaccalaureate certificate in Accounting