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9 months agoContributor-Level 10
Located in California, USA, Stanford University is one of the most prestigious private research universities worldwide. Established in 1885, it offers a great variety of undergraduate and graduate majors. The university's 8,180-acre campus with over 600 buildings is one of the largest in the U.S. and holds the record of having 220,000 alumni spread worldwide. The number of billionaire alumni of Stanford University amounts to 74.
With 20 Nobel Laureates currently a part of its faculty, Stanford University offers an excellent quality of education to its enrollees. With high placement rates, admission to Stanford guarantees wo
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9 months agoContributor-Level 9
In the 2026 QS World University Rankings, Stanford University is ranked at #3.
This tells us an improvement from its position at number 6 in the year 2025 rankings.
This university is considered as one of the best in the world and getting admission here can be really tough.
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The Financial Times rankings covers the MBA course rankings of some of the top universities in the world. FT surveys MBA graduates for three years to determine the rankings. According to the FT GMBA rankings, the Stanford University rankings have decreased. The Global MBA course at Stanford University was ranked at #4 in 2023 and #23 in 2024.
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US News & World Report considers several factors while determining the rankings of top universities such as graduation rates, graduation performance rates, college graduate salaries, borrower debt, peer assessment, financial resources per student, faculty salaries, standardized tests, etc. The ranking weightage of some of these factors are given as follows:
Stanford University Ranking Criteria (US News) | Weightage |
|---|---|
Average 6-year graduation rate | 16% |
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant | 5.5% |
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant | 5.5% |
Average first-year student retention rate | 5% |
Over performance (+)/Underperformance (-) | 10% |
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As per U.S. News ranking, Stanford ranks better than Caltech. Both these universities are the top-ranked universities globally and in the U.S.
University Name | 2024 Ranking | 2025 Ranking |
|---|---|---|
Stanford | 3 | 3 |
CalTech | 23 | 23 |
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US News & World Report is known to be a globally recognised ranking body that provides education rankings of US universities for several categories, such as global, national, regional, and subject-based rankings. The US News and World Report Rankings of Stanford University are given as follows:
| Year | US News Global Universities Rankings |
|---|---|
| 2023 | #3 |
| 2024 | #3 |
| 2025 | NA |
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Stanford University is known to have a good ranking for its Chemical Engineering PG, Computer Engineering PG, Global MBA, and Engineering & Technology courses.
As per the Shiksha Popularity Rankings, Stanford University has been ranked at #2 for its MS courses. Some of the other rankings of the course are given in the table below -
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| QS - Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| QS - Biological Sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| QS - Engineering and Technology | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| QS - Physics and Astronomy | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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As per the Shiksha Popularity Rankings, Stanford University has been globally ranked #4 in the world and #3 in the USA.
Some of the top courses at the university are -
- Chemical Engineering PG
- Computer Engineering PG
- Global MBA
- Engineering & Technology
Look at the table given below for the rankings -
| Course Name | Shiksha Popularity Ranking | US News Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| MS | #2 | #1 |
| Mechanical Engineering | #2 | #1 |
| MBA/PGDM | #3 | #1 |
| IT and Systems | #16 | #10 |
| BE/BTech | #3 | #3 |
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10 months agoContributor-Level 8
Globally renowned for offering world-class programs, Stanford attracts bright minds from all over the globe. As per the Stanford University reviews posted by students on Shiksha, the university has obtained 5.0 stars for the quality of faculty. According to students,
- Faculty is highly-qualified;
- Professors are very friendly and helpful;
- Student life is a combination of academic, social, and personal growth;
- Academic life is very competitive, fast-paced and challenging;
- Spirit of entrepreneurship is very rich;
- Has a very strong alumni network; and more.
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