Stanford in October announced the beginning of the Campaign for Undergraduate Education with a fund-raising goal of $1 billion. Just how much is that?
Distance, in miles, of one billion dollar bills, laid end-to-end: 98,646
Number of undergraduates who could attend Stanford tuition-free, for four years, for $1 billion: 10,229
Undergrads who could attend Cal: 61,782
Undergrads who could attend the University of Arkansas: 84,517
Time, in years, the computer science department could run on $1 billion: 40
Years the classics department could run: 476
Home football games at which one could put a $100 bill on every seat in Stanford
Stadium: 116 (23 seasons)
Other universities that have successfully completed campaigns for $1 billion or more: 6
SOURCES: www.stanford.edu; registrar.berkeley.edu; www.uark.edu; Office of the Provost, Stanford University; The Chronicle of Higher Education.
