Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CAPrivate nonprofit WSCUC
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.
BS in Accounting and Information Systems — Accounting and Information Systems Concentration
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
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
- 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 nonprofitSource: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
- Main location
- 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053Source: 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
- IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
- IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
- DAPIP — WSCUC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
- scu.edu/bulletin/undergraduate/chapter-4-leavey-school-of-business/accounting.html — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 30, 2026
- scu.edu/business/caap/ — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026