Stanford University
Location
Stanford, CA
Student Size
15,953
College Type
Private University|Research
About Our College
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University,[13][14] is a private research university located in the census-designated place of Stanford, California, near the city of Palo Alto. The campus occupies 8,180 acres (3,310 hectares), among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students.[15] Stanford is ranked among the top universities in the world.[16][17][18][19][20]