Stanford Acceptance Rate & Chances CDS VERIFIED
Stanford, California (West) · 7,904 undergrads · ~11 avg class size · 5:1 student-faculty · $65,910/yr sticker
private Tier 1
Median earnings (10yr)
$124K
CDS-based estimates from recent admissions cycles. Verify on the school's official site.
3.6% is the average applicant's shot. Your odds depend on your GPA, scores, and hooks. See where you actually stand.
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Restrictive EA7.9%
Regular Decision3.1%
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Career outcomes · 13 sources
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).
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
About Stanford
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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