Stanford University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Stanford University was established in 1885 by Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Lathrop Stanford. It was named after their only child, Leland Stanford, Jr., who died just before his 16th birthday. The main campus of the university encompasses more than 8,000 acres in Stanford, California. Stanford University is divided into the following academic units:

• Graduate School of Business
• School of Earth Sciences
• School of Education
• School of Engineering
• School of Humanities and Sciences
• Stanford Law School
• Stanford University School of Medicine

There are several fraternities and sororities at Stanford University. Some of these are Kappa Alpha Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Kappa Alpha Psi, Sigma Chi, Omega Psi Phi, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Psi Zeta, and Sigma Theta Psi.

Stanford University has more than 160,000 living alumni. Some of the most notable alumni are Travis Flenniken, Chairman of Intel Corp.; Mohammad Reza Aref, first Vice President of Iran; and Jim Allchin, co-President of Microsoft.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in mathematics, engineering, computer science and engineering, science, and law.
• Selective admissions.
• High faculty salary.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of students.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High male/female ratio.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• Racially diverse student body.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 17,833 in 2009-2010 (13,531 full-time equivalent).

About 51% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 49% of the class.

Undergrads are 38% of enrolled students, graduate students are 57%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 5%.

Students under 25 years old represent 49% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Stanford University provides on-campus housing for 10,864 of its 13,531 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Pacific-10 Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 366 male students received the aid (men were 57% of those receiving aid) and 277 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 43% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Stanford University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (7 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (441 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (201 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (12 awarded)

• Natural Resources Conservation and Research

DESIGN (3 awarded)

• Industrial Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (11 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (203 awarded)

• Education

ENGINEERING (1,335 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Archeology
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Engineering/Industrial Management
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Systems Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (22 awarded)

• Public Policy Analysis

FINE ARTS (24 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (226 awarded)

• Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)

LIBERAL ARTS (1,080 awarded)

• African Studies
• African-American/Black Studies
• American Indian/Native American Studies
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Area Studies
• Asian-American Studies
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• East Asian Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• Italian Language and Literature
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Urban Studies/Affairs
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (196 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Computational Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (76 awarded)

• Communication and Media Studies

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (15 awarded)

• Health and Medical Administrative Services
• Medical Informatics

MEDICINE (98 awarded)

• Medicine (MD)
• Neuroscience

MUSIC (24 awarded)

• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (17 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production
• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (36 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (451 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• Biophysics
• Cell Physiology
• Chemistry
• Developmental Biology and Embryology
• Epidemiology
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Geology/Earth Science
• Geophysics and Seismology
• Human/Medical Genetics
• Immunology
• Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
• Molecular Pharmacology
• Oncology and Cancer Biology
• Physics
• Science, Technology and Society
• Structural Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (134 awarded)

• Cognitive Science
• Psychology