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We are changing the world - one client, one student, one family and one school at a time.

Experience the Santa Clara Difference

Our vision imagines a region and world in which everyone has access to an inspiring education and the psychological tools and support to propel them toward flourishing lives of meaning, purpose and connection.  Our education is characterized by Strong Values, Social Justice, Transformative, Diverse Community.
Social Impact Leadership (MA)

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Over 100 Years in the Making

We have been educating and inspiring students for over 100 years, since the School of Education was founded in 1912 and expanded to include Counseling Psychology in 1964. In 2001, the School of Education and Counseling Psychology was constituted to offer Master's level and other credential programs.
12:1
A low student to faculty ratio means you get more individual attention.
 
98%
Our graduation rate reflects the success of both students and programs.
 
85%
Percentage of those students who apply receiving scholarships.
 
16
Small average class sizes allow you to be engaged and active.
 

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Santa Clara University Among Winners of the 2024 William T. Grant Foundation Institutional Challenge Grant

Santa Clara University is one of four winners of the 2024 Institutional Challenge Grant, awarded by the William T. Grant Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the Doris Duke Foundation, and the Bezos Family Foundation. The grant encourages research institutions to build long-term research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations to reduce inequality in youth outcomes.


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Creating Leaders Who Listen and Dream

After three years of perseverance, the inaugural cohort of ECP’s new educational doctorate program graduated this June. At that ceremony, 19 teachers, principals, district officials, counselors, and administrators walked proudly across the stage to collect their EdD diplomas.


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10 Years of Excellence In Catholic Education

For ten years, a select group of Master of Arts in Teaching and Teaching Credential Candidates have dedicated their studies to the Excellence in Catholic Education and Leadership (ExCEL) program. ExCEL supports Catholic school educators through a program committed to developing teachers pedagogically, spiritually, and communally; and working for social justice through educational equity.