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Stanford University

Stanford,  California
College Board code: 4704

Main Address


Stanford, CA 94305
(650) 723-2300
www.stanford.edu

Admission Office

Montag Hall
355 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305-6106
(650) 723-2091
Fax: (650) 723-6050
admission@stanford.edu
Contact: Richard Shaw
Dean of Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid

What the School Says...

Located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford is one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions. Roughly 6,700 undergraduates, from across the globe, are engaged in coursework in seven distinct schools where students are never at a want for academic exploration and fulfillment. Stanford's 8,180 acre campus is the largest in the United States.

Go to stanford.edu to learn more

Type of School

  • Private
  • University
  • Four-year
  • Coed
  • Percent applicants admitted: 8%
  • Regionally Accredited
  • Western Association of Schools and Colleges
  • College Board member
Calendar: Quarter

Degrees offered:

  • Bachelor's
  • Master's
  • Doctoral
  • Doctoral (Professional Practice)
    Other characteristics: Research university with seven schools: Business, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Humanities and Sciences, Law, and Medicine.

Setting

  • Suburban setting
  • Small city (50,000 - 249,999)
  • Residential campus

Size

  • Total undergrads: 6,602
  • First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 1,692
  • Degree-seeking undergrads: 6,564
  • Graduate enrollment: 11,896

Student Body

How Do I Stack Up?

How does my academic performance stack up?

1st-year students:
  • 43% In-state students
  • 57% Out-of-state students
  • 49% Women
  • 51% Men
  • 3% American Indian/Alaskan Native
  • 23% Asian/Pacific Islander
  • 11% Black/Non-Hispanic
  • 15% Hispanic
  • 33% White/Non-Hispanic
  • 8% Non-Resident Alien
  • 7% Race/ethnicity unreported
  • 91% in top 10th of graduating class
  • 99% in top quarter of graduating class
  • 100% in top half of graduating class
  • 90% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
  • 7% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
  • 2% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
  • 1% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
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