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Stanford University Overview

Stanford University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stanford, California. Stanford is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Stanford University Known For?

1,655 Undergraduate Awards
$48,172 Avg Cost After Aid
4% Acceptance Rate
  • Stanford has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 5 to 1.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Stanford.
  • In a recent academic period99% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Stanford bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $124,080 a year. That's about 204% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Stanford University?

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Contact details for Stanford are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: 650-723-2300
Website: www.stanford.edu

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How Do I Get Into Stanford?

You can apply to Stanford online at: commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for Stanford

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 5

How Hard Is It To Get Into Stanford?

4% Acceptance Rate
54% Of Accepted Are Women
49% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at Stanford is 4%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 3%, and the acceptance rate for women is 4%.

Average Test Scores

About 49% of students accepted to Stanford submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 780. Math scores were between 770 and 800.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Stanford University  ( 730 to 780 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Stanford University  ( 770 to 800 )
200
800
Stanford received ACT scores from 23% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 35 and 36. Math scores were between 32 and 0. Composite scores were between 33 and 35.

ACT English Scores for Stanford University  ( 35 to 36 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Stanford University  ( 33 to 35 )
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36

Can I Afford Stanford University?

$48,172 Net Price
7% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Stanford is $48,172. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Stanford, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $12,999 a year. That adds up to $51,996 over four years for those students.

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Stanford University Undergraduate Student Diversity

5,752 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 6,366 undergraduate students at Stanford, with 5,752 being full-time and 614 being part-time.

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There are also 9,587 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,752 full-time undergraduates at Stanford, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Stanford University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,403
Black or African American 456
Hispanic or Latino 992
White 1,616
International Students 649
Other Races/Ethnicities 636

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Stanford University. At this time, all 50 states and the District of Columbia are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 127 countries are represented at Stanford. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Canada.

Stanford University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Computer Science 293 0 383 53 729
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 493 20 513
Mechanical Engineering 56 0 148 42 246
Civil Engineering 3 2 212 23 240
Electrical Engineering 30 0 138 72 240
Law 0 0 0 183 183
Engineering-Related Fields 52 0 110 10 172
General Education 0 0 120 29 149
Human Biology 140 0 0 0 140
Economics 112 0 5 22 139
Other Engineering 89 0 14 17 120
General Biology 56 0 22 36 114
Physics 33 0 18 60 111
Biomedical Engineering 41 0 33 29 103
Political Science & Government 72 0 11 19 102
Legal Research 0 0 94 2 96
Applied Mathematics 31 0 49 16 96
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 13 1 58 18 90
Materials Engineering 12 0 58 19 89
Cognitive Science 83 0 6 0 89
Medicine 0 0 0 87 87
Mathematics 65 0 2 18 85
Geological & Earth Sciences 32 0 34 19 85
International Relations & National Security 61 0 22 0 83
Child Development & Psychology 57 0 2 11 70
Statistics 0 0 54 11 65
General English Literature 52 0 3 4 59
Chemistry 12 0 3 44 59
History 25 0 8 15 48
Chemical Engineering 10 0 18 19 47
Area Studies 9 0 34 1 44
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 0 38 6 44
Public Policy 16 0 24 0 40
Public Health 0 0 36 2 38
Sociology 13 0 14 10 37
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 27 9 36
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 34 0 34
Educational Assessment 0 0 33 0 33
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 21 0 3 9 33
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 30 2 32
Genetics 0 0 17 13 30
Philosophy 19 0 5 6 30
Allied Health Professions 0 0 27 0 27
Science, Technology & Society 27 0 0 0 27
Sustainability Science 0 0 26 0 26
Ethnic Studies 24 0 0 0 24
Music 7 0 9 7 23
Fine & Studio Arts 15 0 5 2 22
Communication & Media Studies 13 0 0 7 20
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 19 19
Anthropology 9 0 3 4 16
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 9 0 7 0 16
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 0 14 14
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 1 13 14
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 2 12 14
Classical Languages & Literature 9 0 1 4 14
Romance Languages 7 0 0 3 10
Drama & Theater Arts 7 0 0 2 9
English Literature (Other) 0 0 5 3 8
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 7 0 7
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 0 6 6
East Asian Languages 0 0 3 3 6
Germanic Languages 2 0 2 2 6
Religious Studies 2 0 0 4 6
Environmental Engineering 5 0 0 0 5
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 4 4
Systems Theory 4 0 0 0 4
Urban Studies 4 0 0 0 4
Petroleum Engineering 0 0 1 2 3
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 0 2 2
Archeology 2 0 0 0 2
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 1 0 0 0 1
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Business Administration & Management 0 0 0 0 0
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 0 0 0
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 0 0 0 0 0
General Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1,655 3 2,512 1,069 5,239

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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