Stanford University

Stanford University Ranking

Having been in the forefront of higher education for more than a century, Stanford is frequently listed among the top 10 universities in the world. In the last five years, rankings from Times Higher Education, QS, and Shanghai have ranked it among the top five universities worldwide. It is evidence of Stanford's stronger academic standing that QS and Times Higher Education place focus on the institute's reputation in the academic community.

Stanford University is ranked third in the world according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023. It occupied position four in 2022. The university has moved up the list in the most recent THE rankings. The five categories of performance factors for the university's THE rating methodology are research, teaching, international view, citations, and industrial outcome.

According to the QS rankings for universities, Stanford University is now ranked third in the world as of 2023. Additionally, in 2022, the university was ranked third. The university was positioned second in 2020 and 2021, though. Employer reputation, faculty to student ratio, academic reputation, number of citations per faculty member, and the proportion of international students and faculty among faculty members are the factors that affect the QS World University Rankings.

Stanford University has been ranked third among national universities in the 2022–23 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report, which compiles these rankings. For 2022–2023, Stanford University is ranked third in the category of international universities.

• #2 Universities Rankings - ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) 2021
• #3 World University Ranking - QS 2022
• #4 University Ranking - THE (Times Higher Education) 2022
• #6 National University Ranking - US News & World Report 2022
• #3 Global Universities - US News & World Report 2022