Stanford University
Stanford University is often the first choice of talented students. Stanford is internationally-recognized for its prestigious undergraduate and graduate academic programs. Stanford is home to some of the nation’s best law, medicine, English, and engineering programs.
Stanford University is comprised of the following seven schools:
- Business
- Education
- Earth Sciences
- Humanities and Sciences
- Medicine
- Law
- Engineering
Stanford is large for a private university with more than 11,000 students enrolled at a time. It has one of the most visually appealing campuses in the country, and art appreciation is fostered by the Cantor Center for Visual Arts and Stanford Lively Arts. Stanford students are typically active since the school sponsors various intermural programs. Stanford University is a member of the Pac 12 athletic conference.
Stanford has a very selective admission process. Students must excel in academics, have the ability to succeed at an intensive university-level, and have high SAT or ACT exam scores. Admission to graduate programs differs by program.
Financial Aid is available at Stanford. Scholarships, federal Pell grants, and loans are available to qualifying students. Stanford also sponsors work-study programs. Grants and fellowships are available to graduate students.
Admission Office
Montag Hall
355 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305-6106
(650) 723-2091
Fax: (650) 723-6050
admission@stanford.edu
Contact: Richard Shaw
Dean of Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid
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Main Address
Stanford, CA 94305
(650) 723-2300
www.stanford.edu
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Size
Total undergrads: 6,532
First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 1,703
Degree-seeking undergrads: 6,502
Graduate enrollment: 10,280
Setting
Suburban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)
Residential campus
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Degrees offered:
 Bachelor's
Master's
Doctoral
First Professional
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Tuition & Fees
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Estimated Annual Expenses |
'07-2008 |
'08-2009 |
'09-2010 |
'10-2011 |
% change '09-'11 |
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Tuition and fees |
$35,089 |
$36,798 |
$38,676 |
$40,172 |
+3.87% |
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Books and Supplies |
$1,335 |
$1,455 |
$1,485 |
$1,485 |
0.00% |
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Living Arrangement - On Campus |
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Room and Board |
$10,808 |
$11,182 |
$11,463 |
$11,876 |
+3.60% |
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Other |
$1,995 |
$2,325 |
$2,385 |
$2,385 |
0.00% |
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Living Arrangement - Off Campus |
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Room and Board |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
0.00% |
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Other |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
0.00% |
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Total Expenses |
'07-2008 |
'08-2009 |
'09-2010 |
'10-2011 |
% change '09-'11 |
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In-state On Campus |
$49,227 |
$51,760 |
$54,009 |
$55,918 |
+3.53% |
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In-state Off Campus |
$36,424 |
$38,253 |
$40,161 |
$41,657 |
+3.73% |
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In-state with Family |
$36,424 |
$38,253 |
$40,161 |
$41,657 |
+3.73% |
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Average Graduate Student Tuition & Fees
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Tuition for In-state Students
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$38,700 |
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In-state Student Fees
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$786 |
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Tuition for Out-of-state Students
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$38,700 |
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Out-of-state Fees
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$786 |
Financial Aid
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Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students
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Type of Aid
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Students
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Percent
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Amount
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Average Per Student
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All students financial aid |
1,269 |
75% |
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Grant or scholarship aid |
1,066 |
63% |
$34,179,370 |
$32,063 |
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• Federal grants |
260 |
15% |
$1,556,051 |
$5,985 |
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• Pell grants |
256 |
15% |
$962,434 |
$3,760 |
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• Other federal grants |
213 |
13% |
$593,617 |
$2,787 |
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State/local government grant or scholarships |
87 |
5% |
$832,019 |
$9,563 |
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Institutional grants or scholarships |
1,063 |
62% |
$31,791,300 |
$29,907 |
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Student loan aid |
201 |
12% |
$1,397,212 |
$6,951 |
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• Federal student loans |
191 |
11% |
$838,788 |
$4,392 |
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• Other student loans |
38 |
2% |
$558,424 |
$14,695 |
All Majors and Programs
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BA/BS
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MA/MS
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PhD
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AA/AS
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CERT
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Total of All Education Programs |
1717 |
2056 |
972 |
– |
5 |
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Agriculture, General |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
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Food Science and Technology, Other |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
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Area, Gender, Cultural, Ethnic, and Group Studies |
35 |
45 |
– |
– |
– |
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African Studies |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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African-american/black Studies |
6 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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American Indian/native American Studies |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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American/united States Studies/civilization |
10 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Area Studies, Other |
– |
12 |
– |
– |
– |
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Asian-american Studies |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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East Asian Studies |
4 |
23 |
– |
– |
– |
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Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other |
9 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Hispanic-american, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-american/chicano Studies |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Latin American Studies |
– |
10 |
– |
– |
– |
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Women's Studies |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Biology and Biomedical Sciences |
123 |
56 |
112 |
– |
– |
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Biochemistry |
– |
– |
10 |
– |
– |
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Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other |
– |
1 |
4 |
– |
– |
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Biology and Biological Sciences, General |
123 |
25 |
21 |
– |
– |
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Biomedical Sciences, General |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
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Biophysics |
– |
– |
7 |
– |
– |
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Cell Physiology |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
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Developmental Biology and Embryology |
– |
1 |
6 |
– |
– |
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Epidemiology |
– |
19 |
– |
– |
– |
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Human/medical Genetics |
– |
7 |
11 |
– |
– |
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Immunology |
– |
– |
13 |
– |
– |
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Microbiology and Immunology |
– |
– |
15 |
– |
– |
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Molecular Pharmacology |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Neuroscience |
– |
1 |
10 |
– |
– |
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Oncology and Cancer Biology |
– |
– |
13 |
– |
– |
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Structural Biology |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Business, Administration, Marketing, Management, and Related Services |
– |
408 |
14 |
– |
– |
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Business Administration and Management, General |
– |
351 |
14 |
– |
– |
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Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other |
– |
54 |
– |
– |
– |
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Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other |
– |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
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Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs |
38 |
25 |
8 |
– |
– |
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Communication and Media Studies, Other |
38 |
25 |
8 |
– |
– |
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Computing and Information Sciences |
86 |
152 |
25 |
– |
– |
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Computer Science |
86 |
152 |
25 |
– |
– |
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Education |
– |
192 |
28 |
– |
– |
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Biology Teacher Education |
– |
11 |
– |
– |
– |
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Chemistry Teacher Education |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
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Earth Science Teacher Education |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Education, General |
– |
108 |
28 |
– |
– |
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Elementary Education and Teaching |
– |
22 |
– |
– |
– |
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English/language Arts Teacher Education |
– |
16 |
– |
– |
– |
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Foreign Language Teacher Education |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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French Language Teacher Education |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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German Language Teacher Education |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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History Teacher Education |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Mathematics Teacher Education |
– |
16 |
– |
– |
– |
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Physics Teacher Education |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
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Social Science Teacher Education |
– |
15 |
– |
– |
– |
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Spanish Language Teacher Education |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Engineering |
235 |
626 |
200 |
– |
5 |
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Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/space Engineering |
– |
39 |
13 |
– |
– |
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Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering |
– |
20 |
11 |
– |
– |
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Chemical Engineering |
20 |
17 |
7 |
– |
– |
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Civil Engineering, General |
22 |
143 |
16 |
– |
2 |
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Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
36 |
197 |
89 |
– |
2 |
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Engineering, Other |
86 |
16 |
3 |
– |
– |
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Environmental/environmental Health Engineering |
10 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Industrial Engineering |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Materials Engineering |
7 |
45 |
12 |
– |
1 |
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Mechanical Engineering |
54 |
138 |
42 |
– |
– |
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Petroleum Engineering |
– |
11 |
7 |
– |
– |
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Systems Engineering |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Engineering Technology, General |
59 |
157 |
16 |
– |
– |
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Engineering/industrial Management |
59 |
157 |
16 |
– |
– |
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English Language, Composition and Literature/letters |
69 |
11 |
10 |
– |
– |
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English Language and Literature, General |
69 |
7 |
6 |
– |
– |
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English Language and Literature/letters, Other |
– |
4 |
4 |
– |
– |
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Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics |
56 |
14 |
16 |
– |
– |
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Chinese Language and Literature |
5 |
3 |
1 |
– |
– |
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Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General |
16 |
2 |
2 |
– |
– |
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Comparative Literature |
8 |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
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Foreign Languages and Literatures, General |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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French Language and Literature |
2 |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
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German Language and Literature |
3 |
2 |
1 |
– |
– |
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Italian Language and Literature |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Japanese Language and Literature |
5 |
1 |
1 |
– |
– |
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Linguistics |
4 |
4 |
5 |
– |
– |
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Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Russian Language and Literature |
4 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
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Spanish Language and Literature |
8 |
1 |
3 |
– |
– |
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Health Services and Allied Health Sciences, General |
– |
15 |
100 |
– |
– |
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Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other |
– |
10 |
– |
– |
– |
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Medical Informatics |
– |
5 |
1 |
– |
– |
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Medicine |
– |
– |
99 |
– |
– |
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History |
63 |
14 |
9 |
– |
– |
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History, General |
63 |
14 |
9 |
– |
– |
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Human Services, General |
22 |
9 |
– |
– |
– |
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Public Policy Analysis, General |
22 |
9 |
– |
– |
– |
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Legal and Law Studies, General |
– |
– |
213 |
– |
– |
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Advanced Legal Research/studies, General |
– |
– |
42 |
– |
– |
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Law |
– |
– |
171 |
– |
– |
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Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities |
6 |
16 |
7 |
– |
– |
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Humanities/humanistic Studies |
6 |
1 |
7 |
– |
– |
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Liberal Arts and Sciences/liberal Studies |
– |
15 |
– |
– |
– |
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Mathematics and Statistics |
57 |
117 |
31 |
– |
– |
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Applied Mathematics, Other |
22 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Computational and Applied Mathematics |
– |
24 |
13 |
– |
– |
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Financial Mathematics |
– |
46 |
– |
– |
– |
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Mathematics, General |
35 |
2 |
9 |
– |
– |
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Statistics, General |
– |
45 |
9 |
– |
– |
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Multi-/interdisciplinary Studies, General |
277 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
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Biological and Physical Sciences |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Cognitive Science |
18 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
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Human Biology |
219 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Multi-/interdisciplinary Studies, Other |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Science, Technology and Society |
40 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Natural Resources and Conservation |
– |
9 |
3 |
– |
– |
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Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Other |
– |
9 |
3 |
– |
– |
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Physical Sciences |
95 |
42 |
105 |
– |
– |
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Chemistry, General |
18 |
3 |
35 |
– |
– |
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Geological and Earth Sciences/geosciences, Other |
11 |
7 |
17 |
– |
– |
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Geology and Earth Science, General |
32 |
15 |
– |
– |
– |
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Geophysics and Seismology |
2 |
5 |
4 |
– |
– |
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Physics, General |
32 |
6 |
29 |
– |
– |
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Physics, Other |
– |
6 |
20 |
– |
– |
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Psychology |
79 |
25 |
12 |
– |
– |
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Psychology, General |
79 |
25 |
12 |
– |
– |
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Social Sciences |
377 |
91 |
51 |
– |
– |
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Anthropology |
15 |
7 |
8 |
– |
– |
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Archeology |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Economics, General |
141 |
23 |
26 |
– |
– |
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International Relations and Affairs |
108 |
21 |
– |
– |
– |
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Political Science and Government, General |
74 |
5 |
8 |
– |
– |
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Sociology |
26 |
35 |
9 |
– |
– |
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Urban Studies/affairs |
10 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Visual and Performing Arts |
40 |
30 |
12 |
– |
– |
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Art History, Criticism and Conservation |
8 |
2 |
2 |
– |
– |
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Art/art Studies, General |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Cinematography and Film/video Production |
– |
9 |
– |
– |
– |
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Drama and Dramatics/theatre Arts, General |
8 |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
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Film/cinema/video Studies |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Fine/studio Arts, General |
5 |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
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Industrial and Product Design |
– |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
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Music Theory and Composition |
– |
– |
5 |
– |
– |
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Music, General |
14 |
12 |
3 |
– |
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Above data represents first majors only.
(-) Indicates that a program is not offered at this level.
Admissions Information
Application Fee
College has an application fee: Yes
Regular application fee: $90
Online application fee: $90
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Enrollment Rates
Percent applicants admitted: 9%
Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 98%
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Undergraduate College Majors
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies
 African Studies B
African-American Studies B
American Studies B
Asian American Studies B
East Asian Studies B
German Studies B
Hispanic-American Studies B
Native American Studies B
Women's Studies B
Arts, Visual & Performing
Art - General B
Drama/Theater Arts B
Fine/Studio Arts B
Music - General B
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Biology B
Communications & Journalism
Communications/Rhetoric B
Computer & Information Sciences
Computer Science B
Computer/Information Sciences - General B
Engineering
Chemical Engineering B
Civil Engineering B
Electrical/Communications Engineering B
Engineering - General B
Environmental Engineering B
Materials Engineering B
Materials Science B
Mechanical Engineering B
Petroleum B
Engineering Technologies
Engineering/Industrial Management B
English Language & Literature
English Composition B
English Language & Literature - General B
English Literature (British) B
Foreign Language & Literature
Chinese B
Classics B
Comparative Literature B
French B
German B
Italian B
Japanese B
Linguistics B
Slavic B
Spanish B
History
History - General B
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Humanities B
Mathematics
Mathematics - General B
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Global Studies B
Intercultural/Multicultural/Diversity Studies B
Mathematics/Computer Science B
Science, Technology & Society B
Systems Science/Theory B
Natural Resources & Conservation
Environmental Science B
Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy B
Religion/Religious Studies B
Physical Sciences
Chemistry B
Geology B
GeophysicsSeismology B
Physics B
Psychology
Psychology - General B
Public Administration & Services
Public Policy Analysis B
Social Sciences
Anthropology B
Archaeology B
Economics B
International Relations B
Political Science/Government B
Sociology B
Urban Studies B
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Degree levels for each major are designated by the following letters:
A = Associate degree
B = Bachelor's degree
C = Certificate or diploma
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*We do not guarantee the accuracy of information on this page. All information is subject to change. You should confirm all information with a college admissions officer.
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