History:
- Founded: 1885
- Opened: 1891
- Governor Leland Stanford bought property with his wife
- Son died at the age of 15 to typhoid fever
- Decided since they couldn't give back to their son, they
would give back to the children of California
- Started Stanford University
Stats and Facts (as of today):
- Students:
- 7,032 undergraduates
- 9,304 graduates
- Faculty:
- 2,180 faculty members
- 19 Nobel laureates are currently members of the
Stanford community
- 4:1 student ratio
- Academics
- Seven Schools
- Business, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering,
Humanities and Sciences, Law, Medicine
- 6,000+ externally sponsored projects
- $1.6 billion total budget
- Not an Ivy-League school, but still top tier
Campus
- 8,180 contiguous acres
- Nearly 700 major buildings
- 97% of undergraduates live on campus
Area
- In the area known as "Silicon Valley"
- Nearby:
- Santa Cruz Mountains
- Pacific Ocean
- San Francisco Bay
Sources
- http://visit.stanford.edu/basics/
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