Stanford University admissions

Private universities · CA. Fall 2023 first-year figures from federal (IPEDS) data. Stanford does not publish admissions by high school, so these figures cover all applicants.

Admit rate

3.9%

2,099 admitted of 53,733 applicants

Yield

81%

1,699 admitted students enrolled

SAT, middle 50%

1510–1580

Reading and math combined, among students who submitted scores

ACT, middle 50%

34–35

Composite, among students who submitted scores

By year

Fall	Applicants	Admitted	Admit rate	Enrolled	SAT	ACT
2023	53,733	2,099	3.9%	1,699	1510–1580	34–35
2022	56,378	2,075	3.7%	1,736	1500–1580	33–35
2021	55,471	2,190	4.0%	1,757	1470–1570	34–35
2020	45,227	2,349	5.2%	1,606	1420–1570	31–35
2019	47,498	2,062	4.3%	1,698	1440–1570	32–35

A dash means IPEDS has no figure for that year, e.g. test ranges while the college was test-optional.

California high schools that report graduates here

Graduates of 10 California high schools are reported here, from the schools’ own published lists.

Which schools, and how many graduates each reports, are in the full report.

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