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ANEES K K

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From the available informations I referred in the 2025 QS World University Rankings Stanford University is ranked at #6. This represents a slight decrease from its position at number 5 in the 2024 rankings. if you want to study abroad you have two options. one is select this university or don't select this university. you can decide whatever you want. you must enquire about this college before taking admission . 

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Tasneem Hoda

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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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Tasneem Hoda

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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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Tasneem Hoda

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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

33

CalTech

2323

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Tasneem Hoda

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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
2025NA

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Tasneem Hoda

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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. According to 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 by202320242025
THE (Times Higher Education) - Engineering222
QS - Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering222
QS - Biological Sciences333
QS - Engineering and Technology223
QS - Physics and Astronomy444

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Tasneem Hoda

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According to the Shiksha Popularity Rankings, Stanford University has been globally ranked at #1 and #2 at the country level. Some of the top courses at the university include Chemical Engineering PG, Computer Engineering PG, Global MBA, and Engineering & Technology. The overall rankings of these courses are given as follows:

Course Name Shiksha Popularity RankingUS 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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Ridhi

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Stanford Uni offers top-notch degrees like BA, BS, MA, MS, PhD, BAS, MBA, LLM, MLA, MSM, DMA, MD, JSD, JSM, MFA, MLS, MPP and ENG plus some popular chosen courses are CS, Computational Science, Eco, Business Admin. and Management etc.

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Aarushi Srivastava

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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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