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Stanford Student Awards

Rhodes Scholars

136

Marshall Award Winners

104

Truman Scholars

75

Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholars

56

1,828 Bachelor Degrees Awarded in 2024

Top 5 Undergraduate Degrees Awarded
2023-2024

  • Computer Science
  • Human Biology
  • Economics
  • Symbolic Systems
  • Engineering

Top Undergraduate Majors by Enrollment 
Fall 2024

  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Symbolic Systems
  • Human Biology
  • Biology

Undergraduate Financial Aid 2023/24

Financial Aid Statistics and Distribution at Stanford.
Total number of students receiving financial aid toward cost of attendance*

5,764

Total number of students enrolled in AY 2023-24 

8,001

Percent of students receiving aid toward attendance

72%

Percent of students awarded need-based Stanford scholarships and grants

48%

Percent of students receiving Pell Grants

19%

Scholarship aid 

$314,228,896

Long-term loans

$8,632,003

Term-time jobs

$8,780,578

Total financial aid

$331,641,477

Undergraduate Source of Scholarship Aid 2023/24

Scholarship Aid Statistics and Distribution at Stanford.
Stanford General Funds

$68,568,854

Donor Gifts, not including athletic awards

$25,193,539

Endowment Income, not including athletic awards

$148,403,592

Trademark Income

$145,413

Athletic Awards

$33,352,972

Department Funds

$8,196,706

Federal Pell Grants

$9,024,765

Federal Supplemental Grants

$1,539,059

Other Federal Grants

$972,110

State Grants

$3,254,150

Other External Awards

$15,577,737

Total Scholarship Aid

$314,228,896

Undergraduate Sources of Scholarship Aid 2023/24 Summary

Sources of Scholarship Aid at Stanford
Federal

$11,535,934

State

$3,254,150

University

$283,861,076

External

$15,577,737

Total Scholarship Aid

$314,228,896

Undergraduate Student Budget 2024/25

Stanford University Undergraduate Cost Breakdown and Debt Statistics
Tuition

$65,127

Mandatory Fees**

$783

Housing and Food

$21,315

Books and Supplies (estimated)

$825

Personal Expenses (estimated)***

$4,842

Total Cost of Attendance

$92,892

Orientation and Document Fee (Frosh/Transfer Only) 

$775

Cardinal Care Health Insurance (12-month coverage) 

$7,620

Percentage of graduates with debt

12%

The median cumulative undergraduate indebtednessfor students with debt receiving undergraduate degrees in 2023/24(Average indebtedness was $21,372)

$13,723

   * Stanford provides significant support to students other than the total cost of attendance such as Undergraduate Research Grants. That type of funding is not included in this analysis.
** Includes Campus Health Services fee charged to all students living on campus.
***Additional estimated student fees of $1,482 are included in estimated Personal Expenses.