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Yes — Santa Clara University hosts Army ROTC on campus through Bronco Battalion. Students from 3 partner schools also join it cross-town.
Bronco Battalion · Bronco
Bronco Battalion runs Army ROTC from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA.
About this program
Bronco Battalion is the Army ROTC battalion hosted at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. The unit commissions officers into the U.S. Army.
The battalion pulls cadets from San Jose State University, Stanford University, University of San Francisco, and Notre Dame de Namur University alongside its host enrollment. Military Science I-IV is taught on-site, and sister-school cadets bus or drive over for class days, PT, and the weekly leadership lab.
Cadets can pursue AROTC 4-Year National or, once on contract, AROTC 3-Year Advanced. Santa Clara University brings academic depth in computer science and cybersecurity, and the unit aligns major selection with branch-board competitiveness.
Scholarships at this unit
Scholarship route obligating service in the Army Reserve or National Guard rather than active duty.
Service obligation: 8 years
Active-duty enlisted soldiers transition to officer via ROTC with several scholarship options (2-year, 3-year, 4-year).
Service obligation: 8 years
On-campus scholarship awarded to enrolled cadets at the start of their MS-II year.
Service obligation: 6 years
Covers full tuition and fees OR room and board (your choice), plus a $420/month stipend (10 months/yr) and $1,200/yr book allowance. Merit-based board score with PT assessment and SAT/ACT. Application opened June 14, 2026; final deadline to start an application is March 4, 2027. Three selection boards (Oct, Jan, Mar). 8-year total service obligation; you can exit after freshman year with no obligation.
Service obligation: 8 years
Cross-town and partner schools
Students at these schools can join Bronco Battalion. They travel to Santa Clara University for training.
Cross-enroll students take Military Science courses at Santa Clara University.
Cross-enroll students take Military Science courses at Santa Clara University.
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Location: Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053
Army ROTC FAQ
Does Santa Clara University have Army ROTC?
Yes — Santa Clara University hosts Army ROTC on campus through Bronco Battalion. Students from 3 partner schools also join it cross-town.
Is Bronco Battalion a host unit or cross-town?
Bronco Battalion is the host unit, based at Santa Clara University. Students at 3 partner schools join it cross-town and train at Santa Clara University.
Where is Bronco Battalion located?
Bronco Battalion is hosted at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. The battalion's training events, classes, and PT all run on the Santa Clara University campus.
Which colleges and universities can attend Bronco Battalion?
In addition to Santa Clara University, students enrolled at San Jose State University, Stanford University, University of San Francisco, and Notre Dame de Namur University can contract through Bronco Battalion via cross-town agreements. Cross-town cadets keep their primary academics at the partner school and travel to the host for ROTC-side coursework.
What scholarships are available through Bronco Battalion?
Army ROTC cadets at this battalion compete for AROTC 4-Year National, AROTC 3-Year Advanced, Minuteman (Reserve/Guard), Green-to-Gold (prior-enlisted). National awards apply out of high school; on-campus side-loads kick in once a cadet is enrolled and contracted.
What's the Army ROTC summer training for cadets at Bronco Battalion?
After the MS-III year, cadets ship to Cadet Summer Training (Advanced Camp) at Fort Knox for the 31-day capstone evaluation that drives branching and order-of-merit standing.
How big is the corps at Bronco Battalion?
Public corps-size figures aren't always published year-to-year; Army ROTC battalions in this size class generally carry between several dozen and a few hundred contracted cadets depending on host enrollment.
Can students at other schools join Bronco Battalion?
Yes. Bronco Battalion takes cross-town and partner students from 3 other schools, including San Jose State University, Stanford University, University of California, Santa Cruz. See the cross-town section above for distances and how to enroll.
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