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Whether you’re setting out on a course of academic study that will define your professional life, or seeking to build skills to help you land a better job, Santa Clara’s graduate programs offer a range of options to match your needs.

Many of our graduate students work while pursuing their degrees, so we offer both part- and full-time programs and some online courses, as well as certificate, license, and non-degree options.

Leavey School of Business

With the largest MBA program in Silicon Valley as well as specialized Masters degrees, the business school offers a range of options to professionals at different stages in their careers.

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School of Education and Counseling Psychology

Offering masters and credential programs and certificates to those serving their communities in education, counseling, health and human services, and ministry. 

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Doctor of Education Degree Program

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School of Law

In addition to J.D. and LL.M. degrees, the School of Law offers unique combined degree programs in J.D./MSIS.

• J.D.  Juris Doctor 
• Hybrid, Part-Time  Flex J.D.
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• LL.M.  Intellectual Property
• LL.M.  International & Comparative Law
• LL.M.  United States Law

College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries

Preparing graduates to enter professional ministries. 

• M.A.  Pastoral Ministries (Online & In-Person)
• Graduate Certificate in Restorative Justice & Chaplaincy  (Online & In-Person)

School of Engineering

Offering flexible graduate programs for working engineers in Silicon Valley, as well as traditional full-time programs.

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Accelerated B.S./M.S. Program for Engineering

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Accelerated B.S./M.S. Program for Arts & Sciences

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Certificate programs.

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Jesuit School of Theology

JST offers a range of Masters degrees (including M.Div.) to students interested in preparing for a broad range of ministries and service to the church and world.

• Master of Divinity (M.Div.)
• Hyflex Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.)
• Master of Theology (Th.M.)

Ecclesiastical Degree Programs

• Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.)
• Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.)
• Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.)

Hybrid and fully online programs that meet students where they are. SCU Online provides increased flexibility while still promising a holistic Santa Clara education.

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School of Education & Counseling Psychology

• Online Catholic M.A. Teaching and Teaching Credential (CATMAT)
• Online Certificate in Applied Bioengineering
• Online Certificate in Robotics and Automation 

College of Arts and Sciences - Pastoral Ministries

• Online M.A. Pastoral Ministries
• Online Graduate Certificate in Restorative Justice & Chaplaincy
• Online Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.)

"Santa Clara University's location in the heart of Silicon Valley combined with our innovative, flexible graduate programs will help position your career for life-long growth and impact."  

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Demonstrate academic competence

Graduate students will demonstrate broad content knowledge and the ability to integrate and apply concepts from their course of study to professional situations.

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Graduate students will innovate, collaborate, and communicate effectively with professionals and others in their discipline.

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Graduate students will exhibit professionalism, consistent with the university's Jesuit mission that includes attention to ethics, integrity, and responsible engagement with their communities—professionally, locally, or globally.

International Agreements

• NorthCap University, India - Application fee waivers for all applicants; two US$9,000 tuition scholarships for underrepresented candidates in Engineering; two $12,000 tuition scholarships in Business programs.
• Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), India - Application fee waivers for all applicants; two US$9,000 tuition scholarships for underrepresented candidates in Engineering; two $12,000 tuition scholarships in Business programs.

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Philosophy admitted its first doctoral students in 2001. As of Fall 2024 there are 22 graduate students in the program. Each year we aim to admit 4-5 new Ph.D. and 1-3 M.A. students.

The Department has four areas of focus; Ethics and Technology, Social & Epistemic Injustice, Disagreement & Rationality, and Public Engagement (see the "About" page ). The department’s faculty also have an interest in the history of philosophy as an indispensable background to the main areas of contemporary concern in the discipline. Among the faculty’s main contemporary interests are those topics commonly pursued in any high-ranking research and teaching program, and particularly those comparable to departments of philosophy at other UC’s: philosophy of science, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, aesthetics, philosophy of language, philosophy of religion, ethics and moral psychology (see the "Research" page ). The faculty’s research and teaching in these areas is informed by leading historical figures, including especially Kant, Aristotle, Hume, Wittgenstein and—again, uniquely for such a small department—leading figures from the Middle Ages and late antiquity, including medieval Islamic figures.

Inquiries should be directed to:

Janette Dinishak

Graduate Program Director

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Graduate Program Advisor and Coordinator

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Doctorate of Philosophy

The PhD involves specialized coursework and a major original research effort — the dissertation. This degree is offered by each of the school’s five departments: Biostatistics, Community Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences, and Health Policy and Management. A PhD in Molecular Toxicology is also offered as an interdepartmental program that integrates the curriculum of several disciplines across campus.

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Our Mission

Our Ph.D. in education program supports graduate students in becoming creative scholars who engage in research focused on the educational needs of youth from linguistic and cultural groups that have historically not been served well in the nation’s public schools. Our program grounds students in interdisciplinary theory and research methodologies, and the courses and research apprenticeships critically examine practices in K-12 classrooms and/or in other organizations and institutions shaping the social contexts of schooling for low-income, racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse communities. 

Our internationally prominent research faculty draw on perspectives and methods from the humanistic social sciences such as anthropology, psychology, and sociology, as well as philosophy, linguistics, the learning sciences, and cultural historical activity theory. Our goal is to provide a research apprenticeship through our doctoral program that examines learning and teaching within the multiple contexts of everyday life, from classrooms, schools, and institutions of all sorts, to diverse families and communities.

Where Can a PhD in Education Take You?

Graduates of our program will be qualified to teach and to conduct research in tenure-track positions in university and college settings ranging from research intensive universities to regional universities and liberal arts colleges. Graduates will also be qualified for scholarly work in non-university based institutions that focus on teacher professional development, curriculum development, and related areas of educational research and development. Further, graduates will be qualified for scholarly work in governmental agencies, or policy and advocacy organizations.

Alumni of our program are making impactful contributions in many places in California, the United States, and internationally. Our PhD graduates hold faculty appointments at the University of San Francisco, several of the California State Universities, University of Hawaii Manoa, the University of Maine, Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon and Colgate University in New York - to name a few! They direct educational programs at museums, work as research fellows in national think tanks, and provide leadership in school districts and professional organizations.

Types of Research Projects

The diversity of doctoral student dissertation studies or research projects is reflected in the diversity of the department faculty’s research agendas as they intersect with the creativity of our cohorts of students. Each student develops an individualized integrated program of study under the direction of a Faculty Academic Advisor that includes the advanced coursework in our core program seminars and research apprenticeships, as well as advanced course work in other departments. Programs of study include teaching assistantships and independent study organized to develop deep expertise in a focal area of research. Our program embraces an apprenticeship model so that students develop expertise through active participation in impactful research.

Our Faculty

Each member of the internationally prominent Education Department faculty has an ongoing research program (see more here ), and many also have working relationships and collaborative research projects both with faculty members in other departments and with community and school partners. As appropriate to each doctoral student’s program of study, students in the program also establish study and research connections with faculty members from other departments who will serve on the student’s qualifying exam and dissertation committees.

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The  Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy , published biennially until the early 2000s, was relaunched in 2012 as an annual online resource. The guide compiles data on both doctoral and master’s degree programs in philosophy at institutions throughout the US and Canada, offering prospective students, job candidates, and other members of the profession a rich resource on post-graduate education and employment in philosophy. 

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