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2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Stanford University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $59,499 for prospective students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,305.
Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Dta System)
Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)
2024 COATuition Trends
2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
Amounts
Tuition$58,746
Fees$753
Cost per Credit$1,305
Books & Supplies$825
Room & Board$19,922 (On-Campus)
Personal Expenses$4,602 (On-Campus)
On-Campus Total$84,848
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
Tuition & Fees$53,151$55,011$55,011$57,210$59,499

Graduate Program Overview

Stanford University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Stanford, California. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $59,499.
It offers 176 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameStanford University
TypeFour-years, Private (not-for-profit)
AddressStanford, CA
Graduate School Students10,035 students
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)$59,499
Student to Faculty5:1 (20.00%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 176 Graduate Programs
97 Master's, 72 Doctorate, 7 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Stanford University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 176 major areas - 97 Master's (11 online programs), 72 Doctorate , 7 Post-Master'. 2,414 students have been conferred Master's degree and 1,115 students have received Doctorate degree last year.The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total2,4141,115-4
Men1,271651-2
Women1,143464-2
Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
Agriculture
what is Agriculture program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Natural Resources and Conservation
what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Natural Resources Conservation and Research (other)27 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
what is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
African Studies- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
East Asian Studies16 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies11 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Latin American Studies13 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Area Studies (other)2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Communication and Journalism
what is Communication and Journalism program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication and Media Studies (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia36 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Technical and Scientific Communication- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences
what is Computer and Information Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science334ONLINE - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Education
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education49 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Educational Evaluation and Research4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching15 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
English/Language Arts Teacher Education8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Foreign Language Teacher Education1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mathematics Teacher Education12 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social Science Teacher Education9 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biology Teacher Education2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chemistry Teacher Education1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
French Language Teacher Education- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
History Teacher Education- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics Teacher Education3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language Teacher Education3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Earth Science Teacher Education2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering
what is Engineering program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering54ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering42 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering22ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Civil Engineering137ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Electrical and Electronics Engineering96ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Materials Engineering56ONLINE - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering94ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Petroleum Engineering2 - NOT OFFERED -
Engineering (other)22 - NOT OFFERED -
Engineering Technology
what is Engineering Technology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management99ONLINE - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Linguistics1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chinese Language and Literature2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Japanese Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Russian Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
German Language and Literature2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
French Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Italian Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Legal Studies
what is Legal Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Advanced Legal Research/Studies94 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature
what is English Language and Literature program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature3 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities
what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies13 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences11 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biomedical Sciences8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biophysics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Developmental Biology and Embryology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Immunology1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Human/Medical Genetics13 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Oncology and Cancer Biology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Epidemiology28 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mathematics and Statistics
what is Mathematics and Statistics program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computational and Applied Mathematics42ONLINE - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Statistics60ONLINE - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Cognitive Science8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Sustainability Studies35 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Philosophy and Religious Studies
what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy7 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Religion/Religious Studies2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physical Sciences
what is Physical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry4 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science22 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geophysics and Seismology2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)6 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics8 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics (other)9 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Psychology
what is Psychology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)3 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Human Services
what is Human Services program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Policy Analysis23 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences
what is Social Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology15 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Economics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics17 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
International Relations and Affairs25 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government10 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Sociology34 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Visual and Performing Arts
what is Visual and Performing Arts program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Industrial and Product Design- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Cinematography and Film/Video Production6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Fine/Studio Arts5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Art History, Criticism and Conservation1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Music9 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Medical/Clinical Assistant- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physician Assistant28 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Public Health7 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Community Health and Preventive Medicine23 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Medical Informatics51ONLINE - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business
what is Business program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Management Science583 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
History
what is History program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History11 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering
what is Engineering program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Chemical Engineering-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Civil Engineering-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED 4
Electrical and Electronics Engineering-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Mechanical Engineering-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Petroleum Engineering- - NOT OFFERED -
Engineering (other)- - NOT OFFERED -
Natural Resources and Conservation
what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Natural Resources Conservation and Research (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
what is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Area Studies (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Communication and Journalism
what is Communication and Journalism program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication and Media Studies (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences
what is Computer and Information Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Education
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering
what is Engineering program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Civil Engineering-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Electrical and Electronics Engineering-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Materials Engineering-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED -
Petroleum Engineering- - NOT OFFERED -
Engineering (other)- - NOT OFFERED -
Engineering Technology
what is Engineering Technology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Linguistics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Comparative LiteratureNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chinese Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Japanese Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Russian Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
German Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
French Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Italian Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Legal Studies
what is Legal Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Advanced Legal Research/Studies- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature
what is English Language and Literature program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biophysics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Structural BiologyNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (other)NOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Developmental Biology and Embryology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Immunology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Human/Medical Genetics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Cell PhysiologyNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Oncology and Cancer Biology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Epidemiology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mathematics and Statistics
what is Mathematics and Statistics program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computational and Applied Mathematics-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Statistics-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Philosophy and Religious Studies
what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Religion/Religious Studies- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physical Sciences
what is Physical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geophysics and Seismology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Psychology
what is Psychology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences
what is Social Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Economics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Development Economics and International DevelopmentNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Sociology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Visual and Performing Arts
what is Visual and Performing Arts program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Art/Art StudiesNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Art History, Criticism and Conservation- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Music- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Music Theory and CompositionNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Health- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Medical Informatics-ONLINE - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business
what is Business program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Management Science- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
History
what is History program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Legal Studies
what is Legal Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
LawNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
MedicineNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 17,680 students enrolled in Stanford University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.
In graduate school, 10,035 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 5,667 male and 4,368 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 8,960 full-time and 1,075 part-time students in graduate schools.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total10,035
Men Students5,667
Women Students4,368
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total10,035
Full-time Students8,960
Part-time Students1,075
By race/ethnicity 2,979 White, 375 Black, and 1,581 Asian students are attending at Stanford University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total10,035
American Indian /
Native American		13
Asian1,581
Black375
Hispanic830
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander		5
White2,979
Two or more races426
Un-Known337
72 students are younger than 22 and 331 students are older than 65. The school has 7,809 students aged between 22 and 30 and 2,022 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total10,035
21 & Under72
22-242,843
25-294,966
30-341,594
35-39428
40 & Over331
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Stanford University, 0 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 779 students are enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment10,234
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses0
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses779
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses9,455
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses0
California Resident0
Other State In U.S.-
Outside of U.S.0
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