Stanford University
Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit3.6%
Acceptance rate
1,553
SAT Average
$12,136
Avg net price
7,841
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 2,117Master’s 2,675Doctoral 1,007 |
| Bachelor’s 446Master’s 506Doctoral 66 |
| Bachelor’s 401Master’s 43Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 317Master’s 84Doctoral 53 |
| Bachelor’s 314Master’s 643Doctoral 225 |
| Bachelor’s 117Master’s 88Doctoral 32 |
| Bachelor’s 78Master’s 55Doctoral 106 |
| Bachelor’s 71Master’s 106Doctoral 110 |
| Bachelor’s 71Master’s 2Doctoral 11 |
| Bachelor’s 69Master’s 105Doctoral 11 |
| Bachelor’s 49Master’s 49Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 37Master’s 17Doctoral 21 |
| Bachelor’s 37Master’s 11Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s 26Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 22Master’s 25Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 22Master’s 11Doctoral 8 |
| Bachelor’s 22Master’s 6Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s 27Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 512Doctoral 22 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 80Doctoral 189 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 97Doctoral 99 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 140Doctoral 20 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 33Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 9Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Atlantic Coast Conference
Projected sponsored sports32
Athletic participation
838 unique student-athletes · 38 varsity teams
Application with Optional Arts Portfolio
Passed · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 15
Restrictive Early Action
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 15
Application with Optional Arts Portfolio
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 15
Regular Decision
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 15
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $65,127
- Required fees
- $783
- Food and housing
- $21,315
- Books and supplies
- $825
- Other expenses
- $4,842
- Total
- $92,892
- $74,5702019–2019–20
- $78,2182020–2120–21
- $78,8982021–2221–22
- $82,1622022–2322–23
- $87,8332023–2423–24
- $92,8922024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $12,136 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 45%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $72,166
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Stanford University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Stanford University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Stanford University runs a restrictive (single-choice) Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Stanford University withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,866 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 48% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 31%.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
55.6% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
20.9% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Stanford University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 69.6% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 23% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.94
High-school class rank
Among the 23% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Stanford University rates 9 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Talent / ability
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Interview
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Stanford University leaves 2 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Stanford University’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $92,373 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $12,136 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 761 of 1,693 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $92,373
Averages among the 761 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Stanford University offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Stanford University admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
97.8% of Stanford University’s first-years return for a second year and 92.8% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03