SCU vs BYU Academic Comparison

The next list compares two colleges briefly in important perspectives. You can compare two colleges with comprehensive information on the full comparison page.

Both schools are four-years, private (not-for-profit) schools.
SCU has more expensive tuition & fees ($59,241) than BYU ($6,496).
It is harder to admit to SCU than BYU.
SCU has a higher submitted SAT score (1,364) than BYU (1,360).
SCU has higher submitted ACT score (31) than BYU (30).
BYU has more students with 34,464 students while SCU has 9,178 students.
SCU has a lower number of students per faculty with 12 to 1 while BYU's ratio is 21 to 1.
BYU has more full-time faculties with 1,264 faculties while SCU has 585 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Santa Clara University and Brigham Young University.

SCU	vs.	BYU
Santa Clara, California	Location	Provo, Utah
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Doctor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree
Doctoral / Research University	Carnegie Classification	Research University (high research activity)
$59,241	2024 Tuition & Fees	$6,496
72%	% Receiving Financial Aid	70%
$26,351	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$7,132

52.11 %	Acceptance Rates	66.67 %
18.91 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	79.05 %
1,364	SAT Score	1,360
31	ACT Score	30
88 %	Graduation Rate	78 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	-
92 %	Retention Rate	90 %
9,178	Student Population	34,464
585	Number of Faculties	1,264
12 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	21 to 1
ROTC, Study Abroad, Weekend/Evening College, Teacher Certification	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, On-campus daycare	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services

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