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Located in Stanford, California, Stanford University is a private not-for-profit institution. Stanford is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

2,414 Master's Degrees
1,115 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is Stanford University?

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Contact details for Stanford are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: 650-723-2300
Website: www.stanford.edu

Stanford University Graduate Student Diversity

10,035 Graduate Students
44% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 10,035 graduate students at Stanford, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Stanford University graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,581
Black or African American 375
Hispanic or Latino 830
White 2,979
International Students 3,489
Other Races/Ethnicities 781

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Stanford University. At this time, all 50 states and the District of Columbia are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 127 countries are represented at Stanford. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Canada.

Online Learning at Stanford University

288 Took All Classes Online
1,067 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 1,067 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Stanford has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 7th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Stanford majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Computer & Information Sciences 4%
Health Professions 6%
Mathematics & Statistics 15%

Stanford University Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 583 25 608
Computer Science 0 334 45 379
Law 0 0 190 190
Civil Engineering 4 137 34 175
Electrical Engineering 0 96 67 163
Mechanical Engineering 0 94 54 148
Engineering-Related Fields 0 99 17 116
Legal Research 0 94 3 97
Medicine 0 0 88 88
Materials Engineering 0 56 30 86
Biomedical Engineering 0 42 40 82
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 54 23 77
General Education 0 49 25 74
Statistics 0 60 14 74
Physics 0 17 55 72
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 51 10 61
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 30 30 60
Applied Mathematics 0 42 17 59
Chemical Engineering 0 22 23 45
Area Studies 0 42 3 45
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 41 0 41
Economics 0 17 24 41
General Biology 0 19 19 38
Natural Resources Conservation 0 27 11 38
Sociology 0 34 4 38
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 36 0 36
Other Engineering 0 22 13 35
Sustainability Science 0 35 0 35
Chemistry 0 4 31 35
Public Health 0 30 2 32
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 28 2 30
Allied Health Professions 0 28 0 28
Anthropology 0 15 12 27
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 26 26
Genetics 0 13 13 26
International Relations & National Security 0 25 0 25
Public Policy 0 23 0 23
History 0 11 10 21
Mathematics 0 2 19 21
Political Science & Government 0 10 11 21
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 1 18 19
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 16 16
Music 0 9 7 16
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 1 14 15
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 15 0 15
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 13 0 13
Child Development & Psychology 0 3 10 13
Fine & Studio Arts 0 6 7 13
Philosophy 0 7 3 10
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 1 8 9
General English Literature 0 3 5 8
Classical Languages & Literature 0 2 6 8
East Asian Languages 0 2 6 8
Cognitive Science 0 8 0 8
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 1 6 7
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 6 0 6
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 5 5
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 4 4
Educational Assessment 0 4 0 4
English Literature (Other) 0 2 2 4
Germanic Languages 0 2 2 4
Petroleum Engineering 0 2 1 3
Romance Languages 0 0 3 3
Religious Studies 0 2 1 3
Drama & Theater Arts 0 2 1 3
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 0 0 0 0
Business Administration & Management 0 0 0 0
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 0 0
Environmental Engineering 0 0 0 0
Ethnic Studies 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 0 0 0 0
Human Biology 0 0 0 0
Science, Technology & Society 0 0 0 0
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 0 0 0 0
General Psychology 0 0 0 0
Archeology 0 0 0 0
Urban Studies 0 0 0 0
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4 2,414 1,115 3,533

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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