QS #=2Stanford, United States· QS World University Rankings 2027

Stanford University

Stanford University, in Stanford, United States, has 20 undergraduate courses and 1 master's course listed on StudyPath. International tuition runs from ~US$45,154 to ~US$89,187 a year depending on the course. Stanford publishes its own accommodation prices, from US$4,298 per quarter. 17 of the 21 publish an application deadline. Every figure above was read from Stanford's own published pages and last checked on 5 September 2026.

#2 · Computer Science and Information Systems#4 · Biological Sciences

Courses: 21
Fees verified: 21 / 21

International tuition across 21 courses

~US$45,154to~US$89,187a year

Lowest: Computer Science BS and 19 othersHighest: MBA MBA

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Exterior view of the Center for Clinical Sciences Research on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, US, on the morning of June 16, 2025. · Photo: Frank SchulenburgCC BY-SA 4.0

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#2 Computer Science

Computer Science

BS · 4 years · Computer Science

International tuition

US$22,577 per term

~US$180,600 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee

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2026/27 · Same rate across the institution · All students — no separate international rate

Stanford publishes one undergraduate tuition rate for all students; there is no separate international rate. Stanford runs on quarters, and the figure is published per quarter — the 2026-27 rates page covers the Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer quarters. Stanford states it has a limited amount of financial aid for international students, and international students who do not request aid on the admission application are not eligible to apply for aid at Stanford later in their undergraduate years.

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Intake: September 2026 (Autumn Quarter)
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Application deadline: 5 January (Regular Decision)
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Electrical Engineering

BS · 4 years · Electrical & Electronic Engineering

International tuition

US$22,577 per term

~US$180,600 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee

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2026/27 · Same rate across the institution · All students — no separate international rate

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Intake: September 2026 (Autumn Quarter)
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Application deadline: 5 January (Regular Decision)
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Mechanical Engineering

BS · 4 years · Mechanical Engineering

International tuition

US$22,577 per term

~US$180,600 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee

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2026/27 · Same rate across the institution · All students — no separate international rate

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Intake: September 2026 (Autumn Quarter)
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Application deadline: 5 January (Regular Decision)
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#4 Biology

Bioengineering

BS · 4 years · Biomedical Engineering, Biology & Life Sciences

International tuition

US$22,577 per term

~US$180,600 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee

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2026/27 · Same rate across the institution · All students — no separate international rate

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Intake: September 2026 (Autumn Quarter)
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Application deadline: 5 January (Regular Decision)
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Chemical Engineering

BS · 4 years · Chemical Engineering

International tuition

US$22,577 per term

~US$180,600 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee

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2026/27 · Same rate across the institution · All students — no separate international rate

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Intake: September 2026 (Autumn Quarter)
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Application deadline: 5 January (Regular Decision)
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Civil Engineering

BS · 4 years · Civil Engineering

International tuition

US$22,577 per term

~US$180,600 for the whole 4 years, at today's fee

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2026/27 · Same rate across the institution · All students — no separate international rate

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Intake: September 2026 (Autumn Quarter)
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Application deadline: 5 January (Regular Decision)
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What you'll study

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How Stanford compares

Against the other universities in the United States on StudyPath, using each one's verified international fees and its own published housing prices. Universities are only compared with others charging in the same currency (and, for housing, for the same period), so no figure here has been converted. A ~ marks a year worked out from a per-term or whole-course fee.

Stanford's lowest undergraduate fee for international students is ~US$45,154 a year, for Aeronautics and Astronautics. Of the 89 other universities in the United States we list with undergraduate fees in USD, 46 charge more at their lowest, 43 charge less. Their lowest undergraduate fees run from ~US$2,440 (UoPeople) to US$75,960 (UChicago).

Stanford's lowest master's fee for international students is US$89,187 a year, for MBA. Of the 9 other universities in the United States we list with master's fees in USD, 4 charge more at their lowest, 5 charge less. Their lowest master's fees run from ~US$59,984 (UChicago) to US$93,008 (Penn).

By subject
Subject	Lowest fee here	Against other universities in the United States	Their lowest fees
Computer Scienceundergraduate	~US$45,154Computer Science	48 of 86 charge more	~US$12,921 to US$75,960
Electrical & Electronic Engineeringundergraduate	~US$45,154Electrical Engineering	43 of 81 charge more	~US$12,921 to US$75,384
Mechanical Engineeringundergraduate	~US$45,154Mechanical Engineering	42 of 77 charge more	~US$12,921 to US$75,384
Biology & Life Sciencesundergraduate	~US$45,154Bioengineering	37 of 66 charge more	~US$12,921 to US$75,960
Biomedical Engineeringundergraduate	~US$45,154Bioengineering	38 of 65 charge more	~US$12,921 to US$75,384
Physicsundergraduate	~US$45,154Physics	38 of 65 charge more	~US$12,921 to US$75,960

Subjects taught at Stanford

Each one opens every course in that subject, at every university we hold, with the same verified fees.

Where these figures come from

4 sentences from Stanford's own site each back several figures above. Each is quoted once here; every course that uses one still opens it and links to its own source page.

Used for international fee on 20 courses
“Undergraduate Tuition Tuition rates for the academic year 2026-27 (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) Full-time enrollment $22,577 per quarter ( full-time enrollment is 12-20 units per quarter)”
2026-2027 Undergraduate Tuition Rates | Stanford Student Servicesstudentservices.stanford.eduread 31 Jul 2026
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Used for course length on 17 courses
“You are expected to plan an academic program to complete the 180 units required for graduation in four years (12 quarters), including the requirements for your major, General Education, Writing, and Language.”
Undergraduate Minimum Progress Toward Degree Completion, and Satisfactory Academic Progress Information | Stanford Student Servicesstudentservices.stanford.eduread 1 Aug 2026
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Used for start dates on 16 courses
“September 15 (Tue) New Student Orientation begins. Convocation. September 17 (Thu) Undergraduate housing opens for returning students; see Residential & Dining Enterprises Calendar . September 21 (Mon) Yom Kippur (no classes). September 22 (Tue) First day of quarter; instruction begins.”
Stanford Academic Calendar: 2026-2027 | Stanford Student Servicesstudentservices.stanford.eduread 31 Jul 2026
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Used for application deadline on 16 courses
“Please note: If you intend to submit an RD application with an Optional Arts Portfolio , you must submit the Common Application by December 5. Your transcripts), School Report, and teacher/counselor letters of recommendation, can be submitted by January 5. Standard Application Deadline - January 5 Common Application Deadline: January 5”
First-Year Applicants | Stanford Undergraduate Admissionadmission.stanford.eduread 31 Jul 2026
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Student body

QS's own figures · QS World University Rankings 2027

Students: 17,580
International students: 3,538; ≈20% of the student body (worked out here)
Faculty: 5,055
International faculty: 46%

These come from QS, not the university's own pages. Unlike every fee and deadline on this site. QS is the primary source for its own rankings and measurements, which is why it is cited here and rejected everywhere else.

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“Students & Staff Total students 17,580 UG students 43% PG students 57% International students 3,538 UG students 27.3% PG students 100.7% Total faculty staff 5,055 Domestic staff 54% Int'l staff 46%”

Stanford University : Rankings, Fees & Courses Details | TopUniversitiestopuniversities.com

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About & contact

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Accommodation

US$4,298–US$5,518per quarter

Stanford undergraduate on-campus housing charge, 2026-27, a flat rate per student for each of the Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters

Co-op houses (576 Alvarado, Columbae, Hammarskjold) — student-run cooperative housingUS$4,298
All undergraduate locations except Mirrielees and the co-op houses — furnished room in an undergraduate residenceUS$4,934
Mirrielees Apartments — apartment-style, the only undergraduate residence with no required board planUS$5,518

The housing charge covers a furnished room in an undergraduate residence, all utilities except Internet, coinless/cardless laundry and Residential Education staff assistance. Charged separately each quarter: House Dues of $141 for upperclass students or $171 for frosh, a $95 Technology Fee for wired and wireless residential internet, and a $44 Mail and Package Fee; early arrival or late departure costs $75 per day. A Stanford Dining board plan is required in every undergraduate residence except Mirrielees and is billed on top, quarterly. Rates are a flat per-quarter charge, so a partial quarter is prorated unevenly.

Published by the university itself, not a live listings price. Actual cost depends on room type, availability and when you apply.

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“2026-27 Housing Rates for Undergraduate Housing (Autumn, Winter, and Spring Quarters) Residences Housing Charge Early Arrival or Late Departure House Dues - Upperclass Students House Dues - Frosh Students Technology Fee Mail and Package Fee All locations except Mirrielees and co-op houses $4,934 per quarter $75 per day $141 per quarter $171 per quarter $95 per quarter $44 per quarter Co-op houses (576 Alvarado, Columbae, and Hammarskjold) $4,298 per quarter $75 per day $141 per quarter Not applicable $95 per quarter $44 per quarter Mirrielees Apartments $5,518 per quarter $75 per day $141 per quarter Not applicable $95 per quarter $44 per quarter”

Stanford R&DE — Housing Rates and Billing Information (Undergraduate)rde.stanford.edu

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After you graduate

Rules read 17 Aug 2026. Check the current rules, this may be out of date

What United States's own immigration authority currently publishes. Not a ranking, not a guarantee, and not the same as what any agent or forum will tell you. Whether someone actually obtains residence depends on occupation, points, funds and policy that can change between application and graduation.

Work during study

F-1 students may work on campus without separate USCIS authorization: up to 20 hours per week while school is in session, and full-time during official school breaks and the annual vacation, at a qualifying on-campus job (or an off-campus job that is educationally affiliated with the school, e.g. contractually funded postgraduate research) that does not displace a US citizen or lawful permanent resident. Off-campus employment based on economic need is not available by default — it requires case-by-case USCIS approval (a separate Form I-765 Employment Authorization Document application), granted only after a full academic year in status and only on a showing of severe economic hardship from unforeseen circumstances (or a DHS-declared 'emergent circumstances' event), and is capped at 20 hours/week in session, full-time out of session. Curricular Practical Training (CPT) and pre/post-completion Optional Practical Training (OPT) are separate, study-related practical-training work authorizations governed by their own rules (OPT is covered under 'post-study work' in this entry).

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“May work up to 20 hours per week while school is in session (full-time during those periods when school is not in session or during the annual vacation)”

Employment | ICEice.gov

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Post-study work visa

Optional Practical Training (OPT), including the 24-month STEM OPT extension . Up to 3 years
Any F-1 graduate, in any field, may apply for up to 12 months of post-completion Optional Practical Training (temporary employment directly related to their major, authorized via an Employment Authorization Document from USCIS; any pre-completion OPT already used is deducted from this 12 months). A graduate whose degree appears on DHS's STEM Designated Degree Program List (defined by Classification of Instructional Programs codes covering engineering, biological sciences, mathematics, physical sciences and related fields — not every STEM-sounding degree necessarily qualifies) may then apply for a further 24-month STEM OPT extension, for a combined maximum of 36 months, provided the employer is enrolled in and stays in good standing with E-Verify, signs a formal Form I-983 training plan, and the graduate works at least 20 hours per week for that employer. A second 24-month STEM OPT extension can become available if the graduate later earns another qualifying STEM degree at a higher educational level. Allowed unemployment while on OPT is capped at 90 days on the initial 12 months and a further 60 days (150 total) if a STEM extension is granted. Separately and importantly: a DHS final rule taking effect 15 September 2026 replaces the prior open-ended 'duration of status' framework with a fixed admission period (based on the program's length, capped at 4 years) — an F-1 student who needs to remain for post-completion OPT or a STEM OPT extension beyond that fixed period must separately file and be approved for a USCIS Extension of Stay (Form I-539) or the OPT/STEM OPT authorization cannot lawfully be used to remain in the country.

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“The STEM OPT extension is a 24-month period of temporary training that directly relates to an F-1 student's program of study in an approved STEM field. On May 10, 2016, this extension effectively replaced the previous 17-month STEM OPT extension. Eligible F-1 students with STEM degrees who finish their program of study and participate in an initial period of regular post-completion OPT (often for 12 months) have the option to apply for a STEM OPT extension.”

STEM OPT Extension Overview | Study in the Statesstudyinthestates.dhs.gov

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Route to permanent residence

OPT and the STEM OPT extension are temporary work authorizations tied to F-1 student status — neither one converts automatically into any form of permanent residence. The realistic route runs through employer sponsorship: an employer petitions for a temporary H-1B specialty-occupation worker visa (initial period up to 3 years, extendable to 6, generally requiring at least a US bachelor's degree or equivalent in a field directly related to the job), which is numerically capped at 65,000 new statuses per fiscal year plus a 20,000 exemption for holders of a US master's degree or higher, and allocated by an electronic registration lottery when demand exceeds the cap — USCIS confirmed the regular cap and the master's-degree cap were both already reached for fiscal year 2027 as of this reading. While on H-1B (or, for a smaller number of people, directly from F-1 in narrower cases such as extraordinary-ability or national-interest-waiver petitions), an employer or the individual can pursue one of five employment-based immigrant-visa (green card) preference categories (EB-1 through EB-5), most of which require the employer to first obtain a Department of Labor labor certification (PERM) showing no sufficient, willing, qualified US worker is available for the role — a process with no fixed timeline. Approximately 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas are available across all categories each fiscal year, and per-country annual limits mean the wait for applicants born in some countries (notably India and China) is materially longer than for others.

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“Some immigrant visa preference categories require you to have a permanent job offer from a U.S. employer. This employer will be considered your sponsor/petitioner and will file an immigrant petition with USCIS on your behalf.”

Permanent Workers | USCISuscis.gov

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Route to citizenship

Naturalization is administered by USCIS — the same agency that runs the immigration system, since both sit under the Department of Homeland Security. The most common route requires having held lawful permanent resident (green card) status for at least 5 years (3 years if married to and living with a US citizen for that period), continuous residence in the US for that period, physical presence in the US for at least 30 months of the preceding 5 years, at least 3 months' residence in the state or USCIS district where the applicant applies, good moral character for the qualifying period, basic ability to read, write and speak English, knowledge of US history and civics, and taking the Oath of Allegiance. The Oath itself contains renunciation language — an applicant swears to 'absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty' of which they were previously a subject or citizen — but this is a declaration of allegiance to the United States rather than a mechanism the US enforces against a person's other citizenship: US law does not require a naturalizing citizen to formally give up their original nationality, and the State Department's own guidance states that a person may naturalize in the United States (or abroad) without any requirement to choose between US citizenship and another nationality. Whether the applicant's country of origin lets them keep it in turn is that country's own decision, not a matter of US law.

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“Show you have been a lawfully admitted permanent resident of the United States for at least five years;”

I am a Lawful Permanent Resident of 5 Years | USCISuscis.gov

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What the government currently prioritises

The United States has no federal points-based or general shortage-occupation list of the kind Canada, Australia, the UK or New Zealand publish. The closest official equivalent is the Department of Labor's narrow 'Schedule A' designation, published on USCIS's own site, which exempts only two specific groups of occupations from the standard PERM labor-certification process because DOL has already determined there are not enough available US workers for them — it is not a broader skills-shortage list and covers only a handful of roles.

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“Currently, DOL has designated 2 groups of occupations under Schedule A. Group I includes professional nurses and physical therapists. Group II includes beneficiaries with exceptional ability in the sciences or arts (including college and university teachers) and immigrants of exceptional ability in the performing arts.”

Permanent Workers | USCISuscis.gov

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Read 17 August 2026, during an unusually volatile stretch of US immigration policy — re-check every figure here before relying on it, more so than for any other country on StudyPath. Three developments in particular are live and could each change what a prospective student should expect: (1) A DHS final rule published 17 July 2026 ends the decades-old 'duration of status' framework for F-1 students effective 15 September 2026, replacing it with a fixed admission period (program length, capped at 4 years) plus a mandatory USCIS Extension of Stay (Form I-539, with biometrics and a fee) for anyone needing to remain for post-completion OPT or the STEM OPT extension beyond that fixed period — a procedural step that did not previously exist for most students. A transition window applies for students already in the US on the effective date. (2) A presidential proclamation effective 21 September 2025 requires a $100,000 payment for most new H-1B petitions filed for a beneficiary outside the US without a valid H-1B visa — the single biggest practical barrier between OPT/STEM OPT and long-term US employment for a new graduate whose employer has not already secured them an H-1B. As of this reading a federal district court had vacated DHS's guidance implementing the payment and a Court of Appeals had denied a government motion to stay that ruling, so DHS states it is complying 'while DHS considers next steps' but 'still plans to collect the payment' if the ruling is overturned — the requirement's real-world status is genuinely unsettled. (3) USCIS had already announced the regular H-1B cap (65,000) and the master's-degree exemption (20,000) were both reached for fiscal year 2027, meaning cap-subject H-1B sponsorship is a lottery with no guarantee of selection even where an employer is willing to sponsor. Only DHS/ICE (via the Student and Exchange Visitor Program), USCIS and studyinthestates.dhs.gov are treated as authoritative here per StudyPath’s rules — never a university international office, an immigration-law firm's explainer, or a visa-consultancy aggregator, all of which publish this same information with varying currency and interest in the outcome. citizenshipRoute added 17 August 2026: the 5-year/N-400 residence requirement and the Oath of Allegiance's literal renunciation clause are both cited to uscis.gov (460266156f73de78 and bd9ee58930f2ed05, the USCIS Policy Manual's own Oath of Allegiance chapter, already archived above for a different purpose and reused here). The practical dual-nationality statement is instead cited to the State Department's own travel.state.gov — a government domain newly accepted as a source here — because USCIS's own naturalization pages state the Oath's renunciation wording without separately confirming that the US does not enforce it, while travel.state.gov's 'Dual Nationality' page states the practical policy directly ('U.S. law does not require a U.S. citizen to choose between U.S. citizenship and another (foreign) nationality'). travel.state.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetching; it was archived from a browser capture. naturalisationStatus set to 'published-route' on 18 August 2026: the authority already cited under citizenshipRoute publishes criteria a foreign resident could actually follow, which is the only claim this field makes. It is deliberately not a judgement about how attainable that route is in practice. studentVisaFunds deliberately left empty, 19 August 2026, after checking: the United States publishes no national proof-of-funds figure for the F-1/M-1 student visa, so there is nothing to record. SEVP’s own Study in the States page on Financial Ability (the page itself last updated May 25, 2023) states the rule without any amount: a prospective student must show that they or a sponsor have “sufficient funds to cover tuition and living expenses during the period of intended study”, and it is the designated school official (DSO) at the SEVP-certified school who collects that evidence before issuing the Form I-20. The threshold is therefore set per school and per programme on the I-20 itself, and acceptable forms of evidence vary by school too. Any single dollar figure presented as “the US requirement” would be invented. A future collector should not go looking again unless DHS or the State Department starts publishing one.

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courses

Computer Science

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Bioengineering

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Aeronautics and Astronautics

Materials Science and Engineering

Mathematics

Statistics

Physics

Chemistry

Biology

Earth Systems

Economics

Economics

Psychology

MBA

Symbolic Systems

Data Science

Human Biology

How Stanford compares

Subjects taught at Stanford

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