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Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CAPrivate nonprofit WSCUC

AACSB business · Accounting accreditation on record

Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business confers the Bachelor of Science in Commerce with majors in accounting and in accounting and information systems; the Department of Accounting teaches both majors.

Verified degree programs

2 programs verified so far (2 bachelor's). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

Santa Clara University

BS in Accounting — Accounting Concentration

Bachelor'sBSConcentrationBachelor of Science in Commerce
Format: Campus
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 175 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: WSCUCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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Format: Campus
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 175 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: WSCUCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting · Accounting Information Systems
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Accreditation

  • WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since February 28, 1949 · next review 02/14/2031

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Business-school accreditation

  • AACSB — accreditedUnit: Leavey School of BusinessConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026

Supplemental accounting accreditation

  • AACSB Accounting — accreditedUnit: Leavey School of BusinessConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026

Institutional, business-school and accounting accreditation are three different things, and one never implies another. Each record names its unit and scope as the source gives it.

Online student services

Services the university publishes for online students. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists associate, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs in its subjects. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (certificates, associate degrees, electives-only degrees…).
  • Certificate of Advanced Accounting Proficiency (CAAP)Post-baccalaureate certificate program that is on hiatus and not offering active cohorts; certificates are not directory programs.Source: scu.edu · verified October 30, 2026

Institution

Official name
Santa Clara University
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
385 of 9,340 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 26, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  2. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. DAPIP — WSCUC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. scu.edu/bulletin/undergraduate/chapter-4-leavey-school-of-business/accounting.html — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 30, 2026
  5. scu.edu/business/caap/ — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026

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