Stanford University
Stanford University admitted 3.6% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1510–1580 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $12,307 a year. Within six years, 92% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 3.6%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1510–1580
- ACT middle 50%
- 34–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $92,892 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $12,307 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $1,067 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $68,544 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 92%
- Students who return for a second year
- 98%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $125,340 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $10,750
Students
- Undergraduates
- 7,554
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 22%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 6 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Computer and information sciences
- 21%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 19%
- Social sciences
- 15%
- Engineering
- 15%
- Mathematics and statistics
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
- Columbia University in the City of New York NY · 4% admitted
- University of Chicago IL · 4.5% admitted
- Princeton University NJ · 4.6% admitted
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA · 4.5% admitted
- Brown University RI · 5.4% admitted
More colleges in California
- California State University-Fullerton CA · 91% admitted
- California State University-Long Beach CA · 46% admitted
- San Diego State University CA · 36% admitted
- University of California-San Diego CA · 27% admitted
- University of California-Los Angeles CA · 9% admitted
- University of California-Berkeley CA · 11% admitted
- California State University-Northridge CA · 93% admitted
- University of California-Davis CA · 42% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.