Verified College DataA Doctoral University (which undergraduates attend) with very high research activityNCAA Division I

Stanford University

Stanford, CA, United States

4% admit rate96% graduationprivate nonprofit

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Stanford University is located in Palo Alto, California, just south of San Francisco. Stanford is not only located in the heart of Silicon Valley, but its engineering programs are the reason why Silicon Valley even exists. That’s right - Stanford gave birth to many of the technol...

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