Stanford University Rankings have always been within the top 10 in the world according to QS since 2014 (13 years). The university currently ranks #6 as per QS World University Rankings 2025. While in Times Higher Education, Stanford University was ranked within the top 5 universities in the world since its inclusion until it dropped to #6 in 2025. The rankings have dropped due to change in research score, teaching and international network.

Let's have a look at current ranking parameters of Stanford University and how it scores for each parameter in QS and THE:

QS Ranking Indicators Score THE Ranking Indicators Score
Academic Reputation 100 Industry 100
Employment Outcomes 100 Research Quality 99.6
Employer Reputation 100 Teaching 97.5
Faculty Student Ratio 100 Research Environment 97.3
Citations per Faculty 99 International Outlook 85.1
International Research Network 96.8 Overall 97.2
Sustainability 81.2 - -
International Faculty Ratio 70.3 - -
International Student Ratio 60.8 - -
Overall 96.1 - -

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Stanford University World Rankings

Given below are the Stanford University world rankings by notable rankings agencies, including last 5 year's trend:

Agency 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
QS World University Rankings #6 #5 #3 #=3 #2
US News Best Global Universities - #3 #3 - -
Times Higher Education #6 #2 #=3 #4 #2
CWUR - #3 #3 #3 #3

Stanford University Rankings: Subject-Wise

Stanford University ranks among the world's top universities for major engineering branches along with computer science, business, medicine and other related courses.

Stanford University QS Ranking by Subject

A total of 29 Stanford University courses were ranked among the top 5 out of 46 courses in QS. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering are some of the courses which consistently ranked #2 for 14 years in a row.

Subjects 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Mechanical Engineering #2 #2 #2 #2 #2
Chemical Engineering #2 #2 #2 #2 #2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #2 #2 #2 #2 #2
Computer Science and Information Systems #2 #2 #2 #2 #2
Statistics and Operations Research #2 #2 #2 #2 #3
Accounting and Finance #3 #3 #2 #2 #3
Business and Management Studies #3 #4 #4 #4 #5
Economics and Econometrics #3 #3 #3 #5 #2
Engineering and Technology #3 #3 #3 #3 #3
Medicine #3 #3 #3 #3 #3
Arts and Humanities #4 #4 #4 #5 #6
Life Sciences and Medicine #4 #4 #4 #5 #3
Law and Legal Studies #5 #5 #5 #5 #5

Stanford University US News Ranking by Subject

A total of 48 courses offered by Stanford University were ranked in the latest US News Subject Rankings. Out of those 23 subjects were ranked within the top 10 subjects in the world. Listed below are the popular courses with their respective rankings:

Subjects Rankings
Economics and Business #4
Clinical Medicine #5
Materials Science #5
Computer Science #6
Arts and Humanities #9
Engineering #14
Education and Educational Research #16
Artificial Intelligence #38
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #66
Chemical Engineering #91
Mechanical Engineering #135
Civil Engineering #155
Environmental Engineering #181

Stanford University THE Ranking by Subject

Times Higher Education ranks Stanford University for 11 courses, and all of them ranked among the top 10 subjects in the world. Psychology, Education Studies, Law are ranked no. #1 in THE Subject Rankings 2025.

Subjects 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Psychology #1 #1 #1 #2 #1
Education Studies #1 #2 #1 #1 #1
Law #1 #2 #1 #1 #1
Physical Sciences #=2 #3 #5 #=4 #3
Engineering #2 #2 #2 #2 #3
Social Sciences #3 #=1 #2 #3 #3
Business and Economics #3 #2 #2 #=1 #=1
Arts and Humanities #4 #1 #1 #1 #1
Computer Science #5 #3 #2 #2 #2
Life Sciences #5 #4 #5 #7 #5
Medical and Health #=6 #5 #6 #6 #5

Stanford University Rankings: Miscellaneous

Given below are some of the miscellaneous rankings earned by Stanford University across different categories:

Ranking Agency Category Rankings 2025
US News Best Undergraduate Teaching #17
Best Colleges for Veterans #11
Top Performers on Social Mobility #129
Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs #2
National Universities #4
Best Value Schools #4
Forbes In The West #1
In Private Colleges #2
In Research Universities #2
Top Colleges #2
America's Best Large Employers #26
America's Dream Employers #13

Stanford University consistently ranks among the world's top universities alongside other top US colleges MIT and Harvard. The university maintains a strong reputation for academic, top notch, research quality and employment outcomes.