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|colors=red, white

|colors=red, white

|mascot=Stanford Tree (Cardinal)<ref>The mascot name is singular and refers to the shade of red, not the bird.</ref>

|mascot=Stanford Tree (Cardinal)<ref>The mascot name is singular and refers to the shade of red, not the bird.</ref>

|endowment=$16.5 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2011NCSEPublicTablesEndowmentMarketValues319.pdf|title=2011 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments|accessdate=November 20, 2012}}</ref>|website=http://www.stanford.edu/

|endowment=$27.7 billion (as of 6/30/19)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2019-Endowment-Market-Values--Final-Feb-10.ashx|title=U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, and Percentage Change in Market Value from FY18 to FY19 (PDF)|accessdate=2020-09-06}}</ref>|website=http://www.stanford.edu/

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'''Stanford University''', in the town of [[Stanford]] and the city of Palo Alto, [[California]], is a private university in the [[United States]]. It was founded in 1891 by the gift of the successful businessman [[Leland Stanford]] (1824-1893), a former governor of California, on the site of his country estate.<ref>http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/history/begin.html#Pro</ref>

'''Stanford University''', in the town of [[Stanford]] and the city of Palo Alto, [[California]], is a private university in the [[United States]]. It was founded in 1891 by the gift of the successful businessman [[Leland Stanford]] (1824-1893), a former governor of California, on the site of his country estate.<ref>http://www.stanford.edu/home/stanford/history/begin.html#Pro</ref>