Overview

Type of School: Private not-for-profit, 4-year
Student Body: 18,498 students
     Undergraduate Enrollment: 6,602
     Graduate Enrollment: 11,896
     Full-Time Enrollment: 14,562
     Part-Time Enrollment: 3,936
     Men: 58%
     Women: 42%
In-State Tuition: $54,009
Out-of-State Tuition: $54,009

School Mission Statement

https://wasc.stanford.edu/files/FoundingGrant.pdf From the Stanford University Founding Grant, November 11, 1885: ...the Nature, Object, and Purposes of the Institution Hereby Founded, to Be: Its nature, that of a university with such seminaries of learning as shall make it of the highest grade, including mechanical institutes, museums, galleries of art, laboratories, and conservatories, together with all things necessary for the study of agriculture in all its branches, and for mechanical training, and the studies and exercises directed to the cultivation and enlargement of the mind: Its object, to qualify its students for personal success, and direct usefulness in life; And its purposes, to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization, teaching the blessings of liberty regulated by law, and inculcating love and reverence for the great principles of government as derived from the inalienable rights of man to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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