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Menlo College is a small private undergraduate college that focuses on the practical arts of business in the entrepreneurial economy. A residential college in the heart of Silicon Valley, just outside San Francisco, Menlo College offers degrees in business and psychology. Our students come from all over the world to learn the practical arts of business, including leadership, critical thinking, creativity, team building, communication, and behavior science. We take advantage of the strong entrepreneurial community around us and require an internship that may be taken at one of the many companies and incubators with which we have partnerships. We are very proud of our intimate and engaged student community fueled by our spirited and competitive athletics program. Menlo College’s vision is to redefine undergraduate business education to be dynamically adaptive, innovative, and relevant so that students can recognize opportunities and apply 21st-century skills to impact the world positively. At Menlo College, we ignite potential and educate students to make meaningful contributions to the innovation economy. Our students thrive in an environment that values: small class sizes, experiential learning, engaged and student-centered faculty, holistic advising, exceptional student success resources, robust athletics programs, student leadership activities, and opportunities to engage in the Silicon Valley environment. Our graduates can learn throughout their lives and think analytically, creatively, and responsibly to drive positive change in organizations and communities. Our faculty members mentor students by identifying potential, cultivating students’ talents, and building a roadmap to support their success. We support our faculty in producing research that informs teaching, theory development, and professional practice. The cutting-edge curriculum at Menlo College kicks off with a freshman Innovation Challenge and culminates with a senior Capstone Project. You will build your professional network through interactions with guest speakers in the classroom who represent today’s business rock stars. Taking advantage of our proximity to San Francisco and San Jose and all points in between, you will visit top Silicon Valley companies, such as Google and Facebook. And you will garner job experience—and possibly a job offer—with our internship program. It is the Menlo experience. Menlo College welcomes international students from more than 30 countries. We have a diverse student body, and international students comprise over 17% of our community. At Menlo College, you will be embraced by fellow students, faculty, and staff in a safe, secure environment, and our location, in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, provides the perfect opportunity for impactful internships with some of the world’s most highly regarded companies. At Menlo College, we pride ourselves on having a diverse student body and making sure every student, whether living on-campus or off, has a positive and gratifying educational experience. The mission of the Student Affairs Office is to provide opportunities for our students to develop their full potential for leadership and academic success, and to complement their overall educational experience. Menlo’s student life reflects the diversity and creativity of the students in our community. With two-thirds of our students living on campus, the Menlo advantage is about much more than what happens in the classroom. It is about developing your leadership skills through clubs and organizations, developing meaningful relationships with faculty, staff, and fellow students, and recognizing your social responsibility through community service programs. At Menlo, students are encouraged to get involved, expand their horizons, and define their place in the community. It is a place where you are encouraged to create the community you want to live in, be responsible for your actions, and care about others. In the heart of Silicon Valley just outside San Francisco, Menlo College offers degrees in business and psychology. We teach the practical arts of business, including leadership, critical thinking, creativity, team building, communication, and behavior science. We take advantage of the strong entrepreneurial community around us for faculty and internships. At Menlo College, you will experience an intimate and engaged student community with a spirited and competitive athletics program. The Menlo College Internship program is designed to help you apply the knowledge and skills you have gained in your courses to professional settings throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. An internship is a form of experiential learning that integrates knowledge and theory learned in the classroom with practical application and skills development in a professional setting. Internships allow students to gain valuable applied experience and make connections in professional fields they are considering for career paths and allow employers to guide and evaluate talent. In 1927, Menlo College was founded as a two-year program for young men to complete their lower-division coursework before transferring to an upper-division college or university. When Stanford University considered dropping its freshman and sophomore classes, it was imagined that Menlo College might become the junior college division of Stanford University. Menlo’s fate rested with the Stanford Board of Trustees, until 1932 when Stanford decided to remain a four-year undergraduate university with graduate schools. View full university

Menlo School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school for students in grades six through twelve. Established in 1915, the School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and is a member of the National and California Associations of Independent Schools. Our world is changing exponentially, and the world our students know today will be different from the one they enter tomorrow. At Menlo, we strive to ensure that our students are prepared to meet these challenges. Our students learn from various perspectives, experiences, and cultures that open their minds to new possibilities. Our program, led by outstanding faculty and coaches, strives to help students discover their interests through an engaging and challenging curriculum and robust arts and athletic programs. Menlo is home to a tight-knit community where everyone matters, and diverse thoughts and ideas are celebrated. This supportive community empowers each student to find their voice as they build relationships faulty that will last a lifetime and foster a lifelong love of learning. There is an atmosphere of kindness, trust, and respect here, and we believe that learning is a journey that should be enjoyed. You will find evidence of joy spread throughout our campus. Menlo School is dedicated to providing a challenging academic curriculum complemented by outstanding creative arts and athletic programs. The School helps students develop positive values and nurtures character development in a supportive environment that upholds the highest moral and ethical standards. Menlo’s program encourages students to reach their fullest potential and to develop the skills necessary to respond intelligently and humanely to the complexities of a diverse and increasingly interconnected world. Menlo School’s mission is to empower students to explore and expand their interests, reach their fullest potential, develop the skills necessary for college success, and become ethical, responsible, and engaged members of ever wider communities. At Menlo School, we are passionate about encouraging students to: Pursue high standards of academic excellence. Discover the joy of learning. Stretch themselves and raise challenging questions. Demonstrate courage, integrity, and a commitment to ethical behavior. Develop a sense of commitment to purposes larger than themselves. Appreciate the richness of diversity. Think independently and creatively. Take progressively more responsibility for themselves and their education. Lead healthful lives. Menlo School is committed to being a heterogeneous and inclusive community. We believe students are better educated and prepared to succeed when the School community—students, families, faculty, administration, and staff—is diverse and inclusive. Diversity benefits the entire community by providing a wide range of perspectives and experiences. We embrace a broad definition of diversity: an inclusive community comprised of people with different racial, cultural, economic, and religious backgrounds, as well as different gender identities and sexual orientations. Also, we support students with a wide variety of interests, talents, physical abilities, personalities, and politics. At Menlo, we know the world our students will graduate into is rapidly changing, increasingly global and interconnected, and requires creative and critical thinkers to solve complex problems. We want our students to thrive in this world. Their Menlo experience is a crucial time of growth and self-discovery. As educators, our challenge is to continue to enhance our program today so that our students are prepared to lead lives of meaning and fulfillment tomorrow. At Menlo, we defy the notion that learning cannot be playful and that an academic community cannot be irresistibly joyful. We believe that balanced students will serve the world more effectively, and we have built healthy and vibrant academic, artistic, and athletic programs to serve this ideal. And finally, we believe that education is about relationships: between peers engaged in the pursuit of excellence and between students and teachers working inside and outside the classroom. We structure our programs and hire our faculty and staff with this goal in mind. When our students walk across the graduation stage, they will live in a world that is not limited to the United States, the English language, face-to-face interactions, or problems that can easily be solved through one discipline. Menlo offers our students a relevant education, one that prepares them for this world. And when they leave Menlo, we know they will live a life that will make all of us proud. View full school