Stanford University (Stanford) is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Stanford, CA.

It offers 177 graduate programs - 97 Master's, 73 Doctorate, and 7 Post-master's. The 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $59,499.

A total of 10,234 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 18,283 students at Stanford.

Stanford have a law school and medical school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at Stanford Law School and School of Medicine. In addition, you can find Stanford's health profession programs at health professions information page.


Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $59,499. It offers 177 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameStanford University
TypeFour-year, Private (not-for-profit)
AddressStanford, CA
Graduate School Students10,035 students
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)$59,499
Student to Faculty5:1 (20.00%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 177 Graduate Programs
97 Master's, 73 Doctorate, 7 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at Stanford University

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Stanford University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $59,499 for prospective students.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,272.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
Amounts
Tuition$58,746
Fees$753
Cost per Credit$1,272
Books & Supplies$825
Room & Board$19,922 (On-Campus)
Personal Expenses$4,602 (On-Campus)
On-Campus Total$84,848

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Stanford University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 177 major areas - 97 Master's, 73 Doctorate, 7 Post-Master's. 2,512 students have been conferred Master's degree and 1,069 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total2,5121,069-3
Men1,336618-1
Women1,176451-2

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
African Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
East Asian Studies14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Latin American Studies8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Area Studies (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication and Media Studies (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia34 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Technical and Scientific Communication NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational Evaluation and Research33 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Elementary Education and Teaching NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
English/Language Arts Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Foreign Language Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mathematics Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social Science Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biology Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
French Language Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
History Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Spanish Language Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Earth Science Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Linguistics3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Comparative LiteratureNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chinese Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Japanese Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Russian Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
German Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
French Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Italian Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Spanish Language and LiteratureNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
LawNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Advanced Legal Research/Studies94 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences13 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biomedical Sciences9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biochemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biophysics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Structural BiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Developmental Biology and Embryology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Immunology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Human/Medical Genetics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cell PhysiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Oncology and Cancer Biology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Epidemiology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Neuroscience1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computational and Applied Mathematics49 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Statistics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Cognitive Science6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sustainability Studies26 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Religion/Religious Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science24 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geophysics and Seismology4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics (other)15 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Policy Analysis24 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Economics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Development Economics and International DevelopmentNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
International Relations and Affairs22 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Industrial and Product Design NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cinematography and Film/Video Production7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art/Art StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Fine/Studio Arts5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art History, Criticism and Conservation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Theory and CompositionNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Medical/Clinical Assistant NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physician Assistant27 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
MedicineNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Community Health and Preventive Medicine27 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Medical Informatics38 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Science493 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

Stanford graduate schools have a total of 10,035 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 5,667 male and 4,368 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 8,960 full-time and 1,075 part-time students in graduate schools.

By race/ethnicity 2,979 White, 375 Black, and 1,581 Asian students are attending at Stanford University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

72 grad students are younger than 22 and 331 students are older than 65. It has 7,809 students aged between 22 and 30 and 2,022 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total10,035
Men5,667
Women4,368
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total10,035
Full-time Students8,960
Part-time Students1,075
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total10,035
American Indian /
Native American
13
Asian1,581
Black375
Hispanic830
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
5
White2,979
Two or more races426
Un-Known337
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total10,035
21 & Under72
22-242,843
25-294,966
30-341,594
35-39428
40 & Over331

Online Population

At Stanford University graduate schools, 0 students enrolled online exclusively and 779 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment10,234
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses0
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses779
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses9,455
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses0
California Resident0
Other State In U.S.-
Outside of U.S.0