Stanford University

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.

Campus Location

Stanford, CA 94305
USA
Main Tel: (650) 723-2300
Web Site

The campus is in a large suburb.

Highlights

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

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

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
On-campus hospital
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Part-time classes available
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Master	1,974	80
Bachelor	1,646	64
Doctorale	673	68
First-professional degree	271	2
Post-master's certificate	10	11

Students

Student enrollment was 19,782 in 2007-2008 (13,370 full-time equivalent).

About 51% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 49% of the class.

Undergrads are 34% of enrolled students, graduate students are 61%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 5%.

About 7% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 93% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 36,798
Room	$ 6,200
Board	$ 4,982
Books and supplies	$ 1,455
Other	$ 2,325

Financial Aid: Stanford University participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Stanford University:

	School	Location	Enrollment
1	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	14,538
2	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	10,326
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	10,220
4	Brown University	Providence, RI	8,167
5	Duke University	Durham, NC	13,598
6	Rice University	Houston, TX	5,161
7	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York, NY	22,655
8	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	25,690
9	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	7,261
10	University of Rochester	Rochester, NY	9,334

Housing and Meals

Stanford University provides on-campus housing for 10,693 of its 13,370 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009). 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) .

Admissions (2008-2009)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	10%
Women	9%
All	9%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	650-760
Math	680-780
Writing	670-760

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (35 awarded)

Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (445 awarded)

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

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (184 awarded)

Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (5 awarded)

Natural Resources Conservation and Research

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (9 awarded)

Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (203 awarded)

Education

ENGINEERING (1,324 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 (14 awarded)

Public Policy Analysis

LAW (223 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (1,048 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 (156 awarded)

Applied Mathematics
Computational Mathematics
Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (63 awarded)

Communication and Media Studies

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (14 awarded)

Health and Medical Administrative Services
Medical Informatics

MEDICINE (104 awarded)

Medicine (MD)
Neuroscience

MUSIC (37 awarded)

Music Theory and Composition
Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (17 awarded)

Cinematography and Film/Video Production
Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (55 awarded)

Philosophy
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (511 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 (127 awarded)

Cognitive Science
Psychology