Here is a table showing those schools most successful in business . A unicorn founder is someone who formed a startup company that reached a valuation of $1 billion. Business Insider wrote about the 26 most famous and successful Stanford University students of all time. Included were people like: John F. Kennedy, Mitt Romney, Steve Ballmer ( Microsoft guy ), Shri Mukesh Ambani ( runs the largest company in India ), Larry Page ( cofounded Google ), Sergey Brin ( co-founded Google ), Reese Witherspoon and Tiger Woods. I mention these particular individuals because they all left Stanford without a degree. Some remain on leave, perhaps to return someday to finish what they started. Clearly, all have done well. Of course, there is me. I started and earned a B.S. degree in chemical engineering, from Stanford, graduating in 1962. I think I have been successful, but certainly not famous. However, I'm now 86 and live a fabulous retire...
To begin, Stanford has had the #1 Psychology Department in the country for a very long time: Both from Google AI: T he top five psychology departments in the 1970 report were: [ 1 ] Stanford University University of Michigan University of California, Berkeley Harvard University University of Illinois [ 1 ] Stanford University's psychology department ranked #1 in multiple major national and global evaluations for 2026 : Times Higher Education (THE) Subject Rankings 2026: Ranked #1 in the U.S. (and #2 globally) for psychology. U.S. News & World Report: Ranked #1 (tie) for graduate/overall psychology programs with a peer assessment score of 4.7. QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026: Ranked #3 globally for psychology. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] Between 1970 and 1972 Stanford conducted two controversial experiments: In the 1971 prison experiment, Google AI said: The Stanford Prison Experiment Conclusion is that ordinary people can quickly conform to br...