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Facts and Figures from the Farm and beyond

Revenue received from NCAA after Stanford
won 1942 men's basketball championship:

$93.75

Revenue received from NCAA after Stanford went to 1998 Final Four:

$420,000

Percentage of Stanford undergrads who graduate:

92

Percentage of undergrads at all Division I schools who graduate:

53

Percentage of Stanford men's basketball players who graduate:

92

Percentage of players at all Division I schools who graduate:

44


Native languages spoken in California public schools:

57

Native languages spoken by Stanford freshmen:

50

Languages taught at Stanford:

35

Percentage of schoolchildren in Los Angeles County
for whom English is the native tongue:

46




Open-heart procedures performed annually in the United States:

722,000

Heart surgeons in the United States:

2,449

Heart surgeons at Stanford Hospital:

6

Average length, in inches, of incision in traditional heart surgery:

15

Average length, in inches, of incision in minimally invasive surgery:

3

Sources: 1. Athletics Department; NCAA; 2. California Department of Education;
Stanford Language Center; 3. American Medical Association; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Heartport; CTS.