Stanford University Student Population and Demographics

Stanford Student Population

There are 18,625 students including 7,904 undergraduate and 10,721 graduate students at Stanford University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 17,232 full-time and 1,393 part-time students with gender distribution of 9,667 male and 8,958 female students.

Stanford University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 350 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Stanford University has a total enrollment of 18,625 with a gender distribution of 51.90% male (9,667 students) and 48.10% female (8,958 students). There are 3,840 male and 4,064 female students in undergraduate school and 5,827 male and 4,894 female students are attending graduate school at Stanford University.

Student Population By Gender
Stanford University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	18,625	9,667	8,958
Undergraduate	7,904	3,840	4,064
Graduate	10,721	5,827	4,894
Full-time	17,232	8,759	8,473
Part-time	1,393	908	485

[Chart] Stanford University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Stanford University has 17,232 full-time and 1,393 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,554 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 350 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 9,678 students are full-time and 1,043 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Stanford University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	18,625	17,232	1,393
Undergraduate	7,904	7,554	350
Graduate	10,721	9,678	1,043
Men	9,667	8,759	908
Women	8,958	8,473	485

[Chart] Stanford University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Stanford University, 350 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 854 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 18,625 students.

In undergraduate schools, 350 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 854 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Stanford University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	18,625	7,904	10,721
Online Exclusively	350	350	0
In Some Online Classes	854	0	854
Not In Online Classes	17,421	7,554	9,867

[Chart] Stanford University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Stanford University. There are 79 American Indian/Native American, 4,386 White, 1,051 Black/African American, 4,160 Asian, 2,391 Hispanic, 22 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 892 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Stanford University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	18,625	9,667	8,958
American Indian/Native American	79	31	48
Asian	4,160	2,040	2,120
Black/African American	1,051	481	570
Hispanic	2,391	1,176	1,215
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	12	10
White	4,386	2,303	2,083
Two More	1,210	546	664
Race Un-Known	536	346	190

[Chart] Stanford UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Stanford University.

Age Distribution
Stanford University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	18,625	7,904	10,721
Under 18	283	283	0
Age 18-19	2,321	2,318	3
Age 20-21	3,442	3,366	76
Age 22-24	4,995	1,811	3,184
Age 25-29	5,029	96	4,933
Age 30-34	1,638	20	1,618
Age 35-39	491	6	485
Age 40-49	269	4	265
Age 50-64	126	0	126
Over 64	31	0	31
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Stanford University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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