Stanford CDS VERIFIED

Stanford, California (West) · 7,904 undergrads · ~11 avg class size · 5:1 student-faculty · $65,910/yr sticker

private Tier 1

Silicon Valley's home university and the dominant feeder into tech entrepreneurship. CS, engineering, and human biology are the marquee programs; the alumni network is unparalleled in startups.

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Stats below are CDS-based estimates from recent admissions cycles. Verify on the school's official site before making application decisions.

Acceptance rate

3.6%

most recent reported cycle

By application round

Restrictive EA7.9%

Regular Decision3.1%

GPA range

3.95–4.0

middle 50% of admitted students (unweighted)

SAT mid-50%

1510–1570

middle 50% admitted SAT score

ACT mid-50%

34–35

middle 50% admitted ACT score

Median earnings (10-yr)

$124K

Federal data — 10 yrs after college entry, all majors combined

≈ 2.8 years of post-grad earnings cover 4 yrs of attendance

Career outcomes · 13 sources

$102K

Entry

$124K

10-year

$123K

Mid-career

Median graduate earnings · 2.8 yrs to pay back 4 yrs of cost · est. lifetime ROI $1270K.
Earnings cross-referenced across 13 sources (College Scorecard, Opportunity Insights, Georgetown CEW, FREOPP, PayScale, and more).

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Where this leads

Real career pipelines from this school, based on alumni outcomes and recruiting patterns.

Tech / SWE (every FAANG hires aggressively)
Startup founding (#1 founder rate of any school)
Venture capital (deep Sand Hill connections)
Quant trading + AI research labs

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