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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 13, 2021— ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ ranked No. 55 out of nearly 400 national universities in the U.S. News & World Report’s edition.

The ranking again places ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ among the top 15% of national universities across the U.S. — a distinction it has held since first becoming a national university in 2019.

“These rankings reflect ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½’s unwavering dedication to offering a rigorous, transformational education to our students, even amid these difficult times, ” said Acting President Lisa Kloppenberg. “We are gratified to see our faculty, staff, and students receiving recognition for their many exceptional achievements.”

U.S. News & World Report ranks universities on a variety of factors, including assessments from leaders of peer institutions, success in retaining students, graduation rates, resources provided to faculty, class sizes, and caliber of the student body.

“At ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½, we place strong emphasis on student engagement, small class sizes, and excellence across the curriculum—which have contributed greatly to our impressive student retention and graduation rates,” said Kloppenberg.

ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ by the Numbers

• No. 55 (tied) Best National Universities
• No 37 (tied) Best Undergraduate Teaching
• No. 49 (tied) Overall Undergraduate Business Programs
• • No. 9 (tied) Entrepreneurship
  • No. 15 Accounting
  • No. 17 Management Information Systems
  • No. 23 (tied) Business Analytics
  • No. 39 (tied) Management
  • No. 42 (tied) Finance
• No. 110 Best Value Schools
• No. 114 (tied) Undergraduate Engineering Programs with Doctorate (Overall)
• No. 135 (tied) Undergraduate Computer Science Programs (Overall)

About ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½

Founded in 1851, ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ sits in the heart of Silicon Valley—the world’s most innovative and entrepreneurial region. The University’s stunningly landscaped 106-acre campus is home to the historic Mission ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ de Asís. ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ has among the best four-year graduation rates in the nation and is rated by PayScale in the top 1 percent of universities with the highest-paid graduates. ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ has produced elite levels of Fulbright Scholars as well as four Rhodes Scholars. With undergraduate programs in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, and graduate programs in six disciplines, the curriculum blends high-tech innovation with social consciousness grounded in the tradition of Jesuit, Catholic education. For more information see .

Media Contacts

Deepa Arora | ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Communications | darora@scu.edu

Elliot Zanger | ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Communications | ezanger@scu.edu