Stanford University competitors

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Stanford University main competitors are New York University, University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University in the City of New York.

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University of Southern California has the most employees (35,000).
Employees at New York University earn more than most of the competitors, with an average yearly salary of $73,429.

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Stanford University vs competitors

Company	Founding date	Zippia score	Headquarters	# of Locations	Revenue	Employees
Stanford University	1885	4.5	Stanford, CA	4	$720.0M	24,916
University of Southern California	1880	4.1	Los Angeles, CA	6	$89.0M	35,000
Harvard University	-	4.2	Cambridge, MA	2	$810.0M	26,730
University of California-Berkeley	1868	4.4	Berkeley, CA	8	$840.0M	22,187
Cornell University	1865	4.4	Ithaca, NY	2	$580.0M	18,158
University of California, Riverside	1907	4.1	Riverside, CA	1	$359.7M	9
New York University	1831	4.8	New York, NY	1	$8.5B	15,000
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1867	4.6	Champaign, IL	2	$750.0M	7,500
Harvey Mudd College	1955	4.5	Claremont, CA	1	$67.1M	772
UC Santa Barbara	1944	4.4	Santa Barbara, CA	2	$406.8M	5,000
Ohio Northern University	1871	4.2	Ada, OH	1	$87.6M	500
Pennsylvania Company Inc	-	4.7	-	-	$794.1M	1,150
Yale University	1701	4.8	New Haven, CT	3	$5.5B	7,056
University of Pennsylvania	1740	3.9	Philadelphia, PA	1	$15.0M	504
Princeton University	1746	4.3	Princeton, NJ	1	$42.0M	1,500
Columbia University in the City of New York	1754	4.2	New York, NY	2	$2.4B	22,429
Northwestern University	1851	4.6	Evanston, IL	2	$2.5B	3,500
Case Western Reserve University	1826	4.0	Cleveland, OH	2	$140.0M	8,222
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1861	4.7	Cambridge, MA	2	$5.5B	3,500
University of Virginia	1819	4.5	Charlottesville, VA	1	$5.5B	12,840
University of California	1873	4.6	San Francisco, CA	1	$5.7B	17,597

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Company name	Jobs openings	Remote jobs openings
Stanford University	1,692	163
University of Southern California	1,515	45
Harvard University	1,578	333
Cornell University	340	56
University of California, Riverside	274	26
New York University	613	11

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Stanford University salaries vs competitors

Among Stanford University competitors, employees at New York University earn the most with an average yearly salary of $73,429.

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Company	Average salary	Hourly salary	Salary score
Stanford University	$78,439	$37.71	-
University of Southern California	$66,195	$31.82	-
Harvard University	$62,600	$30.10	-
University of California-Berkeley	$68,472	$32.92	-
Cornell University	$59,085	$28.41	-
University of California, Riverside	$53,897	$25.91	-

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Company	Highest salary	Hourly salary
Stanford University	$123,386	$59.32
Harvey Mudd College	$124,761	$59.98
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$123,168	$59.22
New York University	$119,265	$57.34
Yale University	$118,708	$57.07
Harvard University	$115,281	$55.42
University of California	$114,768	$55.18
University of California, Riverside	$114,074	$54.84
Pennsylvania Company Inc	$113,516	$54.58
University of California-Berkeley	$111,347	$53.53
Columbia University in the City of New York	$110,498	$53.12
Cornell University	$108,455	$52.14
University of Pennsylvania	$107,965	$51.91
Northwestern University	$107,525	$51.69
University of Southern California	$105,441	$50.69
Princeton University	$105,077	$50.52
Case Western Reserve University	$103,862	$49.93
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	$99,690	$47.93
UC Santa Barbara	$98,788	$47.49
Ohio Northern University	$98,224	$47.22

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Job title	Male	Female
New York University	43%	57%
University of Pennsylvania	46%	54%
Case Western Reserve University	49%	51%
Stanford University	50%	50%
Columbia University in the City of New York	50%	50%
Pennsylvania Company Inc	64%	36%

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Company	White	Hispanic or Latino	Black or African American	Asian	Unknown	Diversity score
Stanford University	46%	21%	7%	20%	6%	9.6
Pennsylvania Company Inc	72%	9%	10%	7%	2%	9.4
Columbia University in the City of New York	47%	19%	10%	19%	4%	9.6
New York University	51%	16%	11%	17%	4%	9.3
Case Western Reserve University	58%	9%	9%	20%	4%	9.5
University of Pennsylvania	60%	10%	9%	17%	4%	9.5

Stanford University and similar companies CEOs

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Kevin Mahoney

Pennsylvania Company Inc

Robert I. Grossman

New York University

Robert I. Grossman is a Dean, School of Medicine & Chief Executive Officer, NYU Langone Medical Center at New York University.

Dominic Ozanne

Case Western Reserve University

Rowland Hanson

Harvey Mudd College

David A Eckert

Northwestern University

Over the past 35 years, David Eckert has served as Chief Executive Officer of international companies in a wide range of industries (including the Hibu Group, a business providing print advertising, websites, and other internet services to small and medium enterprise customers). He was Vice President and Partner at Bain & Company, and has been a member or chair of numerous public and private boards of directors, including the Hibu Group, X-Rite, Inc. (NASDAQ: XRIT), Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE: CLH) and Italiaonline S.p.A. He is an economics and engineering graduate of Northwestern University and earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar and a Loeb Rhoades Fellow.

Robert J. Min

Cornell University

James Lin

University of California, Riverside

James Lin is a CTO for College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences at University of California, Riverside (UCR) and is based in Riverside, California. He has worked as Director of Special Projects at OPTIVUS PROTON THERAPY INC, President of Unisia Systems at Unisia Group, and Project Engineer & Systems Manager at Loma Linda University Medical Center. James attended University of California, Riverside between 1987 and 1989.

Carol T. Christ

University of California, Berkeley

Whitney T. Espich

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michael Ashley (Mike)

Harvard University

Michael 'Mike' Ashley is a Managing Director at ALBA BROADCASTING CORP LTD, Managing Director at Bush Radio Public Ltd Co, and Board Member at Harvard University. He has experience at ARGOS SA, Dixons Stores Group, and Boots The Chemists and has worked as Executive Director at ALBA Group, Executive Director at Harvard University, and Board Member at ALBA Group. Michael studied at Manchester Business School.

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