The Place to Be

Beauty and Brains: Santa Clara received some well-earned pub for professional outcomes and campus aesthetics.

Santa Clara grads get their money’s worth, according to PayScale, Inc. Mid-career salaries for undergrad SCU alumni now rank in the country’s top 2 percent, according to the 2016–17 report. Narrow in, and alumni with business degrees rank in the top 1 percent, earning a median $124,000—a figure topped by alumni of only two schools in the country.

Quad Goals

The Mission Gardens offer a peace hard to come by: the pendent wisteria, the well-tended roses can transform even emails into poetry. These grounds—still shouldering adobe from the late-18th century—were recently named the No. 1 most beautiful campus quad in the country by College Rank. We concur.

Wise words for the 2025 graduates

Radical empathy, leading with love, and finding God in all things: Commencement speakers share wisdom with Santa Clara University graduates.

Art at New Heights

Professor Kathy Aoki’s art is a critique of the commercialization of the art market. Now it’s on top of the tallest building in San Francisco.

Pitch Perfect Coaching

Under Coach Gina Carbonatto’s leadership, Santa Clara softball is not only breaking records but also building a winning culture that extends far beyond the diamond.

Bio Partners

Santa Clara joins partnership to grow biomanufacturing workforce.