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Stanford Student Awards

Rhodes Scholars

138

Marshall Award Winners

104

Truman Scholars

76

Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholars

81

2,119 Majors Completed in 2025

Top 5 Undergraduate Degrees Awarded
2024-2025

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

Top Undergraduate Majors by Enrollment 
Fall 2025

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

Undergraduate Financial Aid 2024/25

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

5,318

Total number of students enrolled in AY 2024-25 

7,762

Percent of students receiving aid toward attendance

69%

Percent of students awarded need-based Stanford scholarships and grants

46%

Percent of students receiving Pell Grants

23%

Scholarship aid 

$313,801,757

Long-term loans

$7,680,136

Term-time jobs

$8,807,792

Total financial aid

$330,289,685

Undergraduate Source of Scholarship Aid 2024/25

Scholarship Aid Statistics and Distribution at Stanford.
Stanford General Funds

$55,899,631

Donor Gifts, not including athletic awards

$26,706,495

Endowment Income, not including athletic awards

$154,339,619

Trademark Income

$4,680

Athletic Awards

$34,891,213

Department Funds

$8,364,859

Federal Pell Grants

$10,955,862

Federal Supplemental Grants

$1,366,775

Other Federal Grants

$851,248

State Grants

$3,799,829

Other External Awards

$16,621,546

Total Scholarship Aid

$313,801,757

Undergraduate Sources of Scholarship Aid 2024/25 Summary

Sources of Scholarship Aid at Stanford
Federal

$13,173,885

State

$3,799,829

University

$280,206,497

External

$16,621,546

Total Scholarship Aid

$313,801,757

Undergraduate Student Budget 2025/26

Stanford University Undergraduate Cost Breakdown and Debt Statistics
Tuition

$67,731

Mandatory Fees**

$813

Housing and Food

$22,167

Books and Supplies (estimated)

$840

Personal Expenses (estimated)***

$4,962

Total Cost of Attendance

$96,513

Orientation and Document Fee (Frosh/Transfer Only) 

$775

Cardinal Care Health Insurance (12-month coverage) 

$8,232

Percentage of graduates with debt

14%

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

$15,750

   * 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 $1,662 are included in estimated Personal Expenses.