During the 2021-22 school year, which are the most recent data available, Stanford had 7,121 full-time administrators and support staff on its payroll, according to information the university filed with the federal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

In contrast, its reported undergraduate student enrollment came in at 7,645. In other words, there are about 931 full-time administrators per 1,000 undergrads at Stanford.

This is a nearly 22 percent increase from the 2013-14 school year, when there were only 764 administrators per 1,000 students, IPEDS data show.

[All of those numbers are absurdly high. Why does Stanford require a nearly 1:1 ratio between undergrads and administrators? In part, federal and state mandates likely play a role, but that can’t be *all* of the reason. By the way, the number of instructors appears to be decreasing, according to this report. — Ed]