Editing Stanford University (section)

==== Standings in rankings ====
In 2022, ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' ranked Stanford at 1st position in their annual list of top universities in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022-college-guide/national/ |title=2022 National University Rankings |access-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-date=September 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220917093850/https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022-college-guide/national/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, Stanford University took 1st place on Reuters' list of the ''World's Most Innovative Universities'' for the fifth consecutive year.<ref>{{cite web |title=The World's Most Innovative Universities 2019 |url=https://www.reuters.com/innovative-universities-2019 |website=[[Reuters]] |access-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129071951/https://www.reuters.com/innovative-universities-2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]] has consistently been both the most selective business school in the world<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kowarski |first1=Ilana |last2=Claybourn |first2=Cole |date=2024-06-05 |title=15 Business Schools With Lowest Acceptance Rates |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/business-schools-with-the-lowest-acceptance-rates |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]]}}</ref> and consistently ranked 1st in the list of best [[business school]]s year-over-year consecutively by various reputed studies including ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kessenides |first=Dimitra |date=2023-09-13 |title=These Are the Best Business Schools in the World |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/business-schools/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en |archive-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407022859/https://www.bloomberg.com/business-schools/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' for 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-01 |title=2024 Best Business Schools |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/mba-rankings |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=July 6, 2024 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314003952/https://www.usnews.com/best%2Dgraduate%2Dschools/top%2Dbusiness%2Dschools/mba%2Drankings |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Stanford Law School]] is also consistently been amongst the two most selective law schools in the world<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Sarah |date=2024-04-09 |title=16 Law Schools That Are Hardest to Get Into |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/law-schools-that-are-hardest-to-get-into |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=July 6, 2024 |archive-date=June 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607070754/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/law-schools-that-are-hardest-to-get-into |url-status=live }}</ref> and consistently ranked 1st in the list of best law schools year-over-year consecutively for 2024 in ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-01 |title=2024 Best Law Schools |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings?_sort=my_rankings-asc |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=July 6, 2024 |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611161156/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings?_sort=my_rankings-asc |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a 2022 survey by ''[[The Princeton Review]]'', Stanford was ranked 1st among the top ten "dream colleges" of America, and was considered to be the ultimate "dream college" of both students and parents.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 27, 2022 |title=These are the country's 'dream' colleges, but price remains the top concern |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/27/these-are-the-countrys-top-dream-colleges.html |website=[[CNBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2022 College Hopes & Worries Press Release |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/press/college-hopes-worries-press-release-2022}}</ref> From polls of college applicants done by ''The Princeton Review'', every year from 2013 to 2020 the most commonly named "dream college" for students was Stanford; separately, parents, too, most frequently named Stanford their ultimate "dream college".<ref name="PRdream">{{cite news |title=College Hopes & Worries Press Release |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/press/college-hopes-worries-press-release |access-date=August 28, 2017 |publisher=Princeton Review |language=en |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007224857/https://www.princetonreview.com/press/college-hopes-worries-press-release |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 17, 2020 |title=2020 College Hopes & Worries Press Release |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/press/college-hopes-worries-press-release |access-date=May 3, 2021 |work=Princeton Review |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007224857/https://www.princetonreview.com/press/college-hopes-worries-press-release |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] (ARWU)'' ranked Stanford second in the world (after Harvard) most years from 2003 to 2020.<ref name="ARWU">{{cite web |title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2022 |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2021 |access-date=March 30, 2022 |website=Shanghai Ranking |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815040132/https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Times Higher Education]]'' recognizes Stanford as one of the world's "six super brands" on its ''World Reputation Rankings'', along with [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], and [[University of Oxford|Oxford]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Baty |first=Phil |date=January 1, 1990 |title=Birds? Planes? No, colossal 'super-brands': Top Six Universities |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2012/reputation-ranking/analysis/top-six-6-universities |access-date=May 3, 2021 |work=Times Higher Education |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804225717/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2012/reputation-ranking/analysis/top-six-6-universities |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ross |first=Duncan |date=May 10, 2016 |title=World University Rankings blog: how the 'university superbrands' compare |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/world-university-rankings-blog-how-university-superbrands-compare |access-date=May 3, 2021 |work=Times Higher Education |archive-date=March 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324122624/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/world-university-rankings-blog-how-university-superbrands-compare |url-status=live }}</ref>