Ever wonder how many Asians there really are at Stanford? Here are some numbers I threw together last year about the Farm and its people and culture. All statistics are accurate to within an order of magnitude. 
Feel free to contribute your own Stanford stats!
The Basics
Opening day: October 1, 1891
Tuition (1891-92): $0
Tuition (2010-11): $39,000
Endowment: $14 billion
Faculty: 1100 (Student-faculty ratio: 6:1)
Student Body
Undergrads: 6,900
Grad students: 8,800
Californians: 40%
Asians: 25%
Transfer admission rate: 2% (Respect…)
From international/public/private high schools: 10/60/30%
Science & Humanities/Engineering majors: 70/30%
5-Year Graduation Rate: 92%
Student groups: 630 (Nearly one for every 10 undergrads!)
Greek: 13%
Phi Psi techie proportion: 75%
Sports
Daily gym-goers (Arrillaga): 2,000
Miles run by Stanford students each year: 1,000,000 (est.)
Average height, Men’s Crew: 6’3″
Average height, Men’s Basketball: 6’5″
Average height, Women’s Gymnastics: 5’2“
Stanford Football day game record (since 2008): 6-9
Stanford Football night game record: 7-2
YouTube views of Andrew Luck’s hit against USC: 1.3 million (as of 3/11)
For Techies
Apple fanboys (i.e., Mac users): 60%
SUNet <=> external network traffic: 10TB/day = 116MB/s
RAM on Corn cluster: 32GB
Annual revenue of 3 of Stanford’s biggest start-ups (G+C+HP): $190 billion (Egypt’s GDP: $188 billion)
Continuous energy use: 22MW/11000 people living on-campus = 2000W/person
After Graduation
Average starting salary (Engineering): $70,000 (Bachelors), $84,000 (Masters)
Average starting salary (Humanities & Sciences): $51,000 (Bachelors), $66,000 (Masters)
Number of living alumni: 188,000
Weather
Average temperature: 59ºF
Warmest month: July (78ºF average)
Coldest month: December (39ºF)
Rainiest month: January (3.24″)
Avery Aquatic Centers filled up by annual rainfall (16″) on Stanford land: 1200
Around Campus
Area: 8180 acres = 12.8 square miles
Undergrad residences: 77
Undergrad residences with air conditioning: 0
When the party ends: 1AM
Square feet of cacti: 17,000 (Average Palo Alto home: 1,600 sq. ft.)
Bikes: ~13,000 (Bike parking cops: ~13,000)
Palm trees on Palm Drive: 150
Length of Campus Drive: 3.8 miles
Length of Dish loop: 3.25 miles
Dish elevation change: 500 feet
Caterpillars on campus (pre-2008, est.): 5,000,000
Dining options you’ve never explored but should: Russo Cafe (in Munger), Alumni Cafe (takes meal plan dollars), Thai Cafe (basement of Psych building), Axe & Palm (just kidding)
Distance from Stanford to…
San Jose: 20 miles (Driving: 30 min.)
San Francisco: 35 miles (45 min.)
Berkeley: 40 miles (1:00)
Santa Cruz: 40 miles (1:00)
Monterey: 80 miles (1:30)
Yosemite: 190 miles (4:00)
Lake Tahoe: 220 miles (4:15)
LA: 350 miles (6:00)
Las Vegas: 540 miles (9:00)
Beavercreek, OH: 2400 miles (38:00)
Hawaii: 2400 miles (∞)
