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Faculty Awards & Honors

  • 5 Nobel laureates
  • 4–5 members of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 19 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 5 recipients of the John Bates Clark Medal in Economics
Faculty & Teaching Staff*
Tenured and Tenure-Track 119
Adjunct Professors and Lecturers 127
Teaching Emeriti 11
Other Teaching Staff** 37
*As of Sep 1, 2021.
**Professors by Courtesy, Visiting Stanford Professors, and Visiting Stanford Lecturers teaching Stanford GSB classes

Academic Programs

Stanford GSB offers three full-time degree programs: Stanford MBA Program, Stanford MSx Program, and Stanford GSB PhD in business.

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MBA Program

Enrollment
Academic Year 2020–21* 2019–20 2018–19 2017–18
Total Enrollment 853 848 852 854
*As of Sep 20, 2020.
Class Profiles
MBA Class 2022 2021 2020 2019
Applications 7,324 7,342 7,797 8,173
Enrollment 436 417 419 418
Women 47% 47% 41% 40%
U.S. Minority 37% (47% of U.S.) 27% 27% 29%
International 35% 43% 42% 41%
Average Work Experience (yrs.)* 4.7 4 4 4
*Reported as median prior to 2020.
Undergraduate Majors
Major 2020–21 2019–20 2018–19 2017–18
Business 18% 17% 18% 19%
Engineering, Math, or Natural Sciences 37% 33% 34% 37%
Humanities or Social Sciences 44% 50% 48% 44%
Cost of Attendance*
Cost Single Student Married Student
Tuition $74,706 $74,706
Living Allowance $33,693 $55,929
Books and Supplies $1,671 $1,671
Materials and Program Fee $900 $900
Transportation $1,050 $2,250
Medical Insurance $5,928 $5,928
Health Fee $696 $696
Total $118,644 $142,080
*The cost of attendance, including tuition and other expenses, for a first-year MBA student for the academic year, from Sep. 11, 2020 to Jun. 3, 2021.

What’s Included

The living allowance listed above includes rent, food, and personal expenses for a moderate lifestyle. An additional allowance may be made for eligible dependent children.

Stanford University Cardinal Care medical insurance is included in the cost of attendance for all students, even if covered by an alternative insurance plan. The single student health insurance rate is listed above, on the assumption that spouses will have separate coverage.

What’s Not Included

Expenses related to the global experience requirement are not included above. The total cost for the GER may range from $3,000 to $4,500. Some GER experiences can be considered in your cost of attendance calculation, and some cannot. Recipients of need-based fellowships may be eligible for additional grant funding up to forty percent of approved expenses for one qualifying trip.

MSx Program

Class Entering Fall 2022 Fall 2021 Fall 2019 Fall 2018
Participants 57 67 85 80
Women 14 23 31 21
International 38 35 53 51

PhD Program

Class Entering Fall 2021 Fall 2020 Fall 2019 Fall 2018
Applications 817 752 795 776
Enrollment 29 20 29 24
Women 11 8 11 6
U.S. Minority 3* 6* 3 2
International 17 11 16 13
Total PhDs in Residence 134 125 133 127
*Includes Asian Americans

Executive Education

In 2020-21, we reached more than 5,000 individuals through 100 executive education programs.

Alumni

More information can be found on our Alumni Profile.

Living Alumni by Program and Degrees Awarded
Program Degrees Awarded Living Alumni % of Total
MBA 23,299 20,061 63.6%
PhD 1,004 959 3.0%
MSx (Sloan) 2,895 2,617 8.3%
SEP 9,245 7,831 24.9%
Total 36,463 31,468 100.0%
Includes all degrees awarded since the school’s founding. A number of our alumni hold multiple Stanford GSB degrees. These individuals are counted once according to the degree hierarchy listed above. The figures include degree and certificate holders, as well as those who were enrolled in a program for three or more quarters but did not graduate.
Reported Geographic Distribution
Location Alumni % of Total
U.S. 20,469 65.0%
  Bay Area 7,881 25.0%
  Elsewhere in the U.S. 12,672 40.3%
Outside U.S. 7,472 23.7%
Unknown Address 3,554 11.3%
Based on addresses of living alumni reported in the Alumni Directory as of September 2021.

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