🇺🇸United StatesSocial Sciences4 yearsBachelor of ArtsNo IB minimum
Program Overview
The theories and empirical studies of human behaviour: development, cognitive processes, emotion, decision-making, group behaviour, health, language, learning and memory, personality, social perception and more. How competitive: for fall 2025, Stanford admitted 3.8% of its 60,646 first-year applicants; it publishes no separate figure for international applicants. It sets no IB minimum and requires no particular courses, and it requires the SAT or ACT. You apply to Stanford, not to this major: students declare a major by the end of their second year.
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Academic Requirements
Checked for 2026 entry — confirm on the university's site
Total IB Points
No IB minimum · holistic admission