
Santa Clara University's wait list acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 3.36%, with 197 students admitted out of 5,871 offered places. This represents a significant decrease from the previous year (2023), which had a higher acceptance rate of 7.37%, with 367 out of 4,978 waitlisted students accepted. In contrast, the acceptance rate was extremely low at 0.2% for the application year 2022, admitting only 8 students from 4,009 offers. Historical trends show fluctuations, with a peak acceptance rate of 14.92% in 2020 when 410 were accepted from 2,749 offered.