3.95% admit rate. 55,471 applicants. 2,190 admits. Yield rate of 80%
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2,042 students were accepted last year, so this is up 7%, from a US high school graduation population estimated to have increased by less than 0.5%
So a significant increase in acceptances.
% of applicants merely reflects effective marketing, application fee waivers, etc.
The page at Page Not Found : Stanford University indicates 2349 were accepted last year, but only 1607 enrolled (many deferred due to COVID). However, in typical pre-COVID years, Stanford usually accepts a little under 2100, so this year’s 2349 is a notable increase from typical pre-COVID years. It’s surprising (to me) that they would increase acceptances by this degree when they are also taking many deferred kids. The combination of an increase in acceptances and hundreds of deferred kids resulted in a large increase in class size of matriculating students. A summary of class size by year is below:
Class of 2025 – 2126 students (32% increase over 2024, 25% increase over typical years)
Class of 2024 – 1607 students (6% decrease from typical years)
Class of 2023 – 1701 students
Class of 2022 – 1706 students
Class of 2021 – 1708 students
Interesting. Stanford announced plans back in 2016 that they were going to add about 100 more students every year through 2035. They haven’t been doing that, by the numbers you provided. Still, wouldn’t be surprised if they built a dorm that now allows them to accommodate more students.
I’m not aware of a new dorm, but they did open the Escondido Village Graduate Residences in fall of 2020 (I think that’s when) and from what I’ve seen online, some undergrads are living there. I think that added several thousand beds for housing, but primarily grad students.
EVGR is now partly undergrad housing as part of the new housing program they have with neighborhoods. So they are able to expand the class size a bit, even with COVID shifting of students, deferrals, etc.