Total number of students receiving financial aid toward cost of attendance from a variety of internal and external sources*
4,691
Total number of students enrolled (average of fall, winter and spring)
6,911
Percent of students receiving any form of aid toward cost of attendance
68%
Percent of students were awarded need-based Stanford scholarships and grants
48%
Percent of students receiving Pell Grants
17%
Categories of Financial Aid, 2018/19
Scholarship aid
$212,259,299
Long-term loans
$6,017,082
Term-time jobs
$6,359,128
Total
$224,635,509
Sources of Scholarship Aid, 2018/19
Stanford general funds
$28,880,558
Donor gifts, not including athletic awards
$21,551,284
Endowment income, not including athletic awards
$112,695,440
Trademark income
$137,647
Athletic awards
$26,067,959
Department funds
$1,996,894
Federal Pell Grants
$5,609,464
Federal supplemental grants
$1,286,009
Other federal grants
$848,491
State grants
$2,619,129
Other external awards
$10,566,424
Total
$212,259,299
*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.
Undergraduate Student Budget 2019/20
Tuition
$52,857
Required fees**
$672
Room and board
$16,433
Books & supplies (estimated)
$1,245
Personal (estimated)
$3,363
Total cost of attendance
$74,570
Orientation and document fee (frosh/transfer only)
$775
Cardinal Care heath insurance (12-month coverage)
** Includes Campus Health Services fee charged to all students living on campus.
$5,592
The median cumulative undergraduate indebtedness for students with debt receiving undergraduate degrees in 2018/19 (average indebtedness was $22,897)