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Stanford University

Stanford University
450 Serra Mall
Stanford, CA 94305

Official telephone: (650) 723-2300

Website: www.stanford.edu



Screen last updated on: January 22, 2010
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 3,337 men, 3,195 women, 6,532 total
Full-time undergraduates: 3,321 men, 3,183 women, 6,504 total
Part-time undergraduates: 16 men, 12 women, 28 total
Total graduate students: 6,506 men, 3,774 women, 10,280 total
Full-time graduate students: 4,481 men, 2,440 women, 6,921 total
Part-time graduate students: 2,025 men, 1,334 women, 3,359 total
Average age of full-time undergraduates: 20
U.S. region where majority of students come from: West
Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: 51%
First-year student breakdown:
10.5% Black (non-Hispanic)
3.2% American Indian or Alaskan Native
20.6% Asian or Pacific Islander
14.6% Hispanic
31.5% White (non-Hispanic)
7.2% total international (nonresident aliens)
12.6% race/ethnicity unreported/unknown
Undergraduate breakdown:
10.0% Black (non-Hispanic)
2.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native
23.0% Asian or Pacific Islander
12.2% Hispanic
38.2% White (non-Hispanic)
7.0% total international (nonresident aliens)
6.9% race/ethnicity unreported/unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 8,180 acres
City or town school is located in: Palo Alto
Population of city/town: 60,000
Locations of branch/satellite campuses: Branch campuses include Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey, CA and Bing Stanford in Washington Center. Overseas campuses in Australia, Beijing, Berlin, Florence, Kyoto, Moscow, Oxford, Paris, Madrid, Cape Town and Santiago.
Online campus map: campus-map.stanford.edu/

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms (65%)
  • women's dorms (1%)
  • sorority housing (3%)
  • fraternity housing (4%)
  • single-student apartments (10%)
  • married-student apartments (1%)
  • special housing for disabled students (2%)
  • cooperative housing (5%)
  • other housing including academic, language theme, ethnic theme, and gender neutral housing (9%)
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 100%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 88%
Percent of students who live off campus: 12%
Students required to live on campus: All freshmen must live on campus.
Student conduct policies:
honor code, "The Fundamental Standard"--Students at Stanford are expected to show both within and without the university such respect for order, morality, personal honor and the rights of others as is demanded of good citizens; failure to do this will be sufficient cause for removal from the university
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: yes

STUDY FACILITIES
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 65000
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
7,000,000 books, serial backfiles, government documents; 44,504 current serial subscriptions (paper, microform); 4,975,102 microforms; 1,244,441 audiovisual materials

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, women's center, day care, health insurance, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender center.
Counseling services:
birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious
Career placement services:
internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training
Services for students with disabilities:
note-taking services, tape recorders, tutors, reader services, interpreters for hearing-impaired, special transportation, special housing, adaptive equipment, braille services
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: 98%

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Number of social fraternities on campus: 31
Student activities:
student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, radio station, television station
School newspaper(s): The Stanford Daily
Total number of registered organizations: 500
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, marching band, musical ensembles, musical theater, student-run film society, symphony orchestra

ATHLETICS
School has an athletic program: yes
Athletic director: Bob Bowlsby,
Athletic Director
Athletic department's mailing address: Athletic Director
Edward Leland
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
School colors: cardinal and white
School mascot: Tree
Athletic conference memberships: Member of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (Division I), Northern Pacific Field Hockey Conference (Division I), Pacific-10 Conference (Division I, Football I-A).

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyesNCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyesNCAA Div. I
Men's basketball NCAA Div. I
Men's crew NCAA Div. I
Men's crewyesNCAA Div. I
Men's cross-countryyesNCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country NCAA Div. I
Men's diving NCAA Div. I
Men's fencing NCAA Div. I
Men's fencingyesNCAA Div. I
Men's footballyesNCAA Div. I
Men's football NCAA Div. I
Men's golf NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyesNCAA Div. I
Men's gymnasticsyesNCAA Div. I
Men's gymnastics NCAA Div. I
Men's sailing NCAA Div. I
Men's sailingno 
Men's socceryesNCAA Div. I
Men's soccer NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming NCAA Div. I
Men's swimmingyesNCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyesNCAA Div. I
Men's tennis NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (indoor)yesNCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (outdoor) NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (outdoor)yesNCAA Div. I
Men's volleyballyesNCAA Div. I
Men's volleyball NCAA Div. I
Men's water polo NCAA Div. I
Men's water poloyesNCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyesNCAA Div. I
Men's wrestling NCAA Div. I
Women's basketball NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyesNCAA Div. I
Women's crewyesNCAA Div. I
Women's crew NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-countryyesNCAA Div. I
Women's diving NCAA Div. I
Women's fencing NCAA Div. I
Women's fencingyesNCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeyyesNCAA Div. I
Women's field hockey NCAA Div. I
Women's golf NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyesNCAA Div. I
Women's gymnasticsyesNCAA Div. I
Women's gymnastics NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosse NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyesNCAA Div. I
Women's sailingno 
Women's sailing NCAA Div. I
Women's soccer NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryesNCAA Div. I
Women's softballyesNCAA Div. I
Women's softball NCAA Div. I
Women's squashno 
Women's swimmingyesNCAA Div. I
Women's swimming NCAA Div. I
Women's tennis NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyesNCAA Div. I
Women's track and field (indoor)yesNCAA Div. I
Women's track and field (outdoor)yesNCAA Div. I
Women's track and field (outdoor) NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyball NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyesNCAA Div. I
Women's water poloyes 
Women's water polo NCAA Div. I
Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: 12%
Athletic facilities:
aquatic complex, boathouse, diamond, field hockey and rugby field, golf course, recreation center, sand volleyball pits, softball center, sports pavilion, stadium, tennis stadium, track
Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton, baseball, basketball, bowling, cycling, football, golf, running, soccer, softball, swimming, table tennis, volleyball
Club sports for men:
archery, badminton, canoe/kayak, competitive cheer, cricket, cycling, equestrian sports, horse polo, ice hockey, judo, lacrosse, rugby, running, skiing, squash, table tennis, tae kwon do, triathlon, ultimate Frisbee
Club sports for women:
archery, badminton, canoe and kayak, competitive cheer, cricket, cycling, equestrian sports, horse polo, ice hockey, judo, rugby, running, skiing, table tennis, tae kwon do, triathlon, ultimate Frisbee

GETTING AWAY
Public transportation serves campus: yes
Nearest international airport: San Jose (20 miles)
Nearest other airport: San Francisco (35 miles)
Nearest passenger train service: Palo Alto (1 mile)
Nearest passenger bus service: Palo Alto (1 mile)

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: good
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: no

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who pursue further study: 34% immediately
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 87% within six months of graduation
List of firms that most frequently hire graduates:
Google, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley, Teach for America, Triage Consulting Group, Bain, Apple, Deloitte Consulting, Cambridge Associates
List of most prominent alumni/ae:
  • Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page, Google founders
  • Sandra Day O'Connor, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice.



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