School Profile

Our school profile data is updated annually and provides more details and statistics regarding our faculty, programs, and alumni.

Faculty Awards & Honors

  • 6 Nobel laureates
  • 9 members of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 26 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 127
Adjunct Professors and Lecturers 153
Recalled Emeriti 9
Other Teaching Staff** 38
*As of Oct 2, 2024.
**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.

More information is available on our employment reports.

MBA Program

Enrollment
Academic Year 2023–24* 2023–24* 2022–23
Total Enrollment 872 881 850
*As of Oct 2, 2024
Class Profiles
MBA Class 2024 2025 2024
Applications 7,295 6,190 6,152
Enrollment 424 431 424
Women 44% 46% 44%
U.S. Minority 53% of U.S. 50% of U.S. 51% of U.S.
International* 39% 36% 46%
Average Work Experience (yrs.)* 5.1 5.0 4.9
*Stanford GSB follows GME Admissions Reporting Standards.
Cost of Attendance*
Cost Single Student Married Student
Tuition $79,860 $79,860
Living Allowance $18,453 $34,200
Housing Allowance $20,271 $30,216
Medical Insurance $7,128 $7,128
Health Fee $753 $753
Total $126,465 $152,157
*The cost of attendance, including tuition and other expenses, for a first-year MBA student for the academic year, from Sep. 2023 to Jun. 2024.

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 Summer 2024 Summer 2023 Summer 2022
Participants 76 72 84
Women 29 23 31
International 48 45 57

PhD Program

Class Entering Fall 2024
Applications 806
Enrollment 31
Women 11
U.S. Minority 5*
International 23
Total PhDs in Residence 132
*Includes Asian Americans

Executive Education

In 2023-24, we reached nearly 5,000 individuals through 65 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 25,376 21,111 62.7%
PhD 1,228 1087 3.2%
Sloan/MSx 3,173 2,903 8.6%
SEP 10,076 8,588 25.5%
Total 39,853 33,689 100.0%
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. It does not include short program life members.
Reported Geographic Distribution
Location Alumni % of Total
U.S. 21,195 63.13%
Outside U.S. 8,301 24.73%
Unknown Address 4,079 12.17%
Based on home and business addresses of living alumni reported in the Alumni Directory as of September 2024. Some alumni may be counted more than once if they have a home address in the U.S. and a business address outside of the U.S.

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