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Santa Clara Leavey School of Business
Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, California · Private
“The Valley's evening MBA, hiding in plain sight.”
Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles
68.3
GoodBP Score
$95,000Tuition, total
640Avg. GMAT
Acceptance rate
81%Placed at 3 months
$130,000Median base salary
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Leavey’s campus neighbors the Valley’s actual buildings (Nvidia, Intel, and AMD headquarters all within minutes) and its evening MBA has been the default management credential for working engineers since before the microprocessor. Salaries reflect the zip code. National rankings under-rate it; hiring managers who came through it do not.
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