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Santa Clara University 2025 Best Colleges Ranking Media Kit

College Factual has updated it’s Best Colleges Rankings for 2025 and Santa Clara University has received a top ranking. You can read more about this year’s release or scroll down for details on how your school fared in this year’s analysis.

This page was created to give you an overview of how SCU fared in College Factual’s Best Colleges Rankings.

How Santa Clara University Fared in College Factual’s 2025 Best Colleges Rankings

Nationwide Ranking

SCU ranked #53 out of 2,152 schools analyzed in the 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. This places Santa Clara University among the best 5% of colleges and universities in the nation for students!

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California Ranking

SCU has been ranked #9 out of 161 in College Factual’s Best Colleges Ranking. This places SCU in the top 5% of colleges and universities in the nation for California students! See the Best Colleges in California ranking

This report features highlighted rankings from the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Rankings by Major

In addition to the top overall ranking, SCU has been ranked for quality bachelor’s degree programs:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Percentile
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53	1,187	95.5%
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17	344	95.1%
Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2	189	98.9%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13	694	98.1%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77	933	91.8%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53	571	90.7%
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25	502	95.0%
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16	272	94.1%
Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38	558	93.2%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	66	925	92.9%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99	816	87.9%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75	609	87.7%
Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31	235	86.8%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46	540	91.5%
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31	318	90.3%
Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14	129	89.1%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	98	883	88.9%
Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51	320	84.1%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72	573	87.4%
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32	233	86.3%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212	1,055	79.9%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74	460	83.9%
Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8	43	81.4%
Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57	268	78.7%
Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43	244	82.4%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	4	132	97.0%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70	384	81.8%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	3	68	95.6%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	43	97.7%
Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	29	96.6%
Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	22	95.5%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	19	94.7%
Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	13	92.3%
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	11	90.9%
Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	8	87.5%
Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	4	75.0%
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	4	53	92.5%
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59	280	78.9%
Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39	171	77.2%
Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23	98	76.5%
Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	2	31	93.6%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	10	111	91.0%
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	2	26	92.3%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	8	76	89.5%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	6	98	93.9%
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	4	30	86.7%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	6	41	85.4%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	6	60	90.0%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	9	61	85.3%
Best Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48	173	72.3%
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71	257	72.4%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	7	66	89.4%
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	5	41	87.8%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	14	89	84.3%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	13	82	84.2%
Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	7	41	82.9%
Best Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76	265	71.3%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	6	40	85.0%
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	7	45	84.4%
Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	9	42	78.6%
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	5	27	81.5%
Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	13	62	79.0%
Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49	149	67.1%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	12	71	83.1%
Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	6	24	75.0%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	16	89	82.0%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	13	69	81.2%
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	8	39	79.5%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	11	55	80.0%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	12	46	73.9%
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	9	40	77.5%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	11	47	76.6%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	13	47	72.3%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	11	46	76.1%
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	7	27	74.1%
Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	9	35	74.3%
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	7	26	73.1%
Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	7	22	68.2%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	14	53	73.6%
Best Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	12	44	72.7%
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	7	24	70.8%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	10	35	71.4%

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