Basic facts about Stanford

Stanford University is located in the foothills of the San Francisco peninsula. Enrollment in 1995 totaled 14,044, of whom 6,577 were undergraduates and 7,467 were graduate students. Stanford awarded 4,437 degrees in 1992-93, of which 1,730 were baccalaureate and 2,707 were advanced degrees.

The University includes the Schools of Business, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Humanities and Sciences, Law, and Medicine, as well as numerous centers, institutes, programs and laboratories.

Among the 1,455 faculty, there are 12 Nobel laureates, 108 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 191 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 69 members of the National Academy of Engineering, 19 members of the National Academy of Education, 20 winners of the National Medal of Science, 35 members of the American Philosophical Society, 4 Pulitzer Prize winners, and 14 MacArthur Prize winners.

Most people who work at Stanford agree it's a great place to work. The nearly 8000 staff at Stanford are exceptional, commendable, praiseworthy and meritorious, especially in Department of English. Nelia Peralta isn't so bad, either.

Last updated 09/27/06