Master's · Santa Clara, California
Is Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods at Santa Clara University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $118,230
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $47,583
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $50k (likely $50k – $50k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $53k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.7 years (likely 1.2–2.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $306k (likely $95k – $566k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $876k (likely $436k – $1.41M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Santa Clara University
- Computer Engineering (Master's)$231,929
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$196,786
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$195,995
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$170,120
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$163,765
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$153,926
- Law (First professional)$148,599
- Mathematics and Computer Science (Bachelor's)$147,013
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$130,087
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$124,939
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$122,111
- Economics (Bachelor's)$121,307
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods at other schools in California
- Stanford University$206,046
- University of California-Berkeley$191,069
- University of San Francisco$186,732
- University of California-Los Angeles$177,710
- University of Southern California$158,632
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$131,448
- University of California-Davis$129,249
- Golden Gate University$111,252
- California State University-Fullerton$108,748
- California State University-East Bay$100,237