Stanford University - Graduate Programs and Degrees

Stanford University offers 149 graduate degree program - 80 Master's, 64 Doctorate, 5 Post-master's. The average tuition & fees for graduate programs are $49,617 in academic year 2018-2019.

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Graduate Program Overview at Stanford University

Stanford University is a Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Stanford, California. It offers graduate degrees as well as undergraduate degrees. For academic year 2018-2019 the graduate school tuition & fees are $49,617 in average for all students.

Stanford University offers 149 graduate programs: 80 Master's, 64 Doctorate, 5 Post-Master's programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning. 2,328 students have been confered Master's degree and 1,032 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

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School Name	Stanford University
Type	Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years
Address	, Stanford, CA
Graduate School Students	9,980
Tuition & Fees (2018-2019)	$49,617
Student to Faculty	12:1 (8.33%)

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2019 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

Next table and chart describe 2018-2019 graduate tuition & fees at Stanford University and costs trends last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is -$2 for all students.

Graduate School 2019 Tuition & Costs - Stanford University
	Amounts
Tuition	-$1
Fees	-$1
Books & Supplies	$1,455
Room & Board	$15,763 (On-Campus) / -$1 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,015 (On-Campus) / -$1 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$20,231
Off-Campus Total	$1,451

Graduate Tuition Changes (2015-2019) - Stanford University
	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019
	$44,757	$46,320	$47,940	$49,617	-$2

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Stanford University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 149 major areas - 252 Master's (42 online program), 198 Doctorate (3 online program), 18 Post-Master'(3 online program). Next table summarises total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	2,328	1,032	-	11
Men	1,374	632	-	8
Women	954	400	-	3

Next tables list each graduate program with offered degrees. ^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 program.

Natural Resources And Conservation

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Natural Resources Conservation and Research (other)	15	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
African Studies	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
East Asian Studies	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Latin American Studies	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Area Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Communication and Media Studies (other)	20	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	196^ONLINE	25	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	104^ONLINE	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Foreign Language Teacher Education	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mathematics Teacher Education	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Science Teacher Education	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biology Teacher Education	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemistry Teacher Education	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
French Language Teacher Education	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
History Teacher Education	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics Teacher Education	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language Teacher Education	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Earth Science Teacher Education	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	52^ONLINE	23	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	22^ONLINE	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering	28^ONLINE	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	159^ONLINE	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8^ONLINE
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	197^ONLINE	98	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Materials Engineering	45^ONLINE	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	171^ONLINE	51	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Petroleum Engineering	11	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Engineering (other)	19	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management	126^ONLINE	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Linguistics	1	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Comparative Literature	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chinese Language and Literature	5	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Japanese Language and Literature	1	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Russian Language and Literature	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
German Language and Literature	1	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
French Language and Literature	2	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	1	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Law	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	184	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	68	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language And Literature

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	12	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	1	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts And Sciences, Humanities

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	15	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biomedical Sciences	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry	2	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biophysics	1	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Structural Biology	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (other)	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Developmental Biology and Embryology	1	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Immunology	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology (other)		8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Human/Medical Genetics	8	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cell Physiology	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Oncology and Cancer Biology	NOT OFFERED	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Epidemiology	14		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience	1	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	3	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computational and Applied Mathematics	51^ONLINE	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Statistics	80^ONLINE	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cognitive Science	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy And Religious Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy	6	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Religion/Religious Studies	6	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	7	34	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geophysics and Seismology	8	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)	8	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	6	23	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics (other)	8^ONLINE	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	4	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Policy Analysis	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Anthropology	10	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Economics	20	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Relations and Affairs	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	2	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	13	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual And Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Industrial and Product Design	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts		5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Fine/Studio Arts	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	3	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	16	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Theory and Composition	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Medicine	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	85	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Health	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medical Informatics	16^ONLINE	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	413	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	89	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	10	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

At Stanford University, 16,980 students enrolled into graduate programs including in both undergraduate and graduate schools, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, total 9,980 students are enrolled into graduate programs. By gender, graduate schools have 6,185 male and 3,795 female students.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution - Stanford University
Total	9,980
Men Students	6,185
Women Students	3,795

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution - Stanford University
Total	9,980
Full-time Students	8,778
Part-time Students	1,202

By race/ethnicity 3,649 White, 210 Black, and 1,276 Asian students are attending at Stanford University. Detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution - Stanford University
Total	9,980
American Indian / Native American	17
Asian	1,276
Black	210
Hispanic	578
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islnader	5
White	3,649
Two or more races	420
Un-Known	511

114 students are younger than 22 and 321 students are older than 65. The school has 7,839 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,706 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution - Stanford University
Total	9,980
21 & Under	114
22-24	3,096
25-29	4,743
30-34	1,341
35-39	365
40 & Over	321

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Stanford University, 0 students are enrolled exclusively in online cources and 704 students are enrolled in some online course.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution - Stanford University
Total Enrollment	9,980
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	0
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	704
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	9,276

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location - Stanford University
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	0
California Resident	0
Other State In U.S.	-
Outside of U.S.	0

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