Student Population at Stanford

The following chart compares Stanford's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California.

Stanford has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 17,674 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California average (2,024 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Stanford University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 9,667 male and 8,958 female students attending Stanford. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.08 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Stanford.

By age, there are 11,041 students whose age under twenty five and 2,555 students whose age is over thirty years old at Stanford University.

Especially, 283 students are younger than eighteen and 31 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Stanford University.

At Stanford University, 1,204 students (6.46% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 350 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 139 students live in California where Stanford University is located in and 211 students have enrolled from other states.