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Brown University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Providence, Rhode Island. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

299 Undergraduate Degrees
113 Graduate Degrees
$58,057 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
5% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Brown University?

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Contact details for Brown are given below.

Contact Details
Address: One Prospect Street, Providence, RI 02912
Phone: 401-863-1000
Website: www.brown.edu

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How Do I Get Into Brown?

You can apply to Brown online at: https://www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for Brown

Submission Required?
High School GPA 5
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 5

How Hard Is It To Get Into Brown?

5% Acceptance Rate
50% Of Accepted Are Women
54% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at Brown is 5%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 7%, and the acceptance rate for women is 4%.

Average Test Scores

About 54% of students accepted to Brown submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 780. Math scores were between 760 and 800.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Brown University  ( 730 to 780 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Brown University  ( 760 to 800 )
200
800
Brown received ACT scores from 27% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 35 and 36. Math scores were between 32 and 0. Composite scores were between 34 and 36.

ACT English Scores for Brown University  ( 35 to 36 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Brown University  ( 34 to 36 )
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36

Can I Afford Brown University?

$58,057 Net Price
10% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Brown is $58,057. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Brown, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $11,328 a year. That adds up to $45,312 over four years for those students.

Brown University Undergraduate Student Diversity

7,082 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 7,349 undergraduate students at Brown, with 7,082 being full-time and 267 being part-time.

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There are also 3,347 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,082 full-time undergraduates at Brown, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Brown University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,286
Black or African American 532
Hispanic or Latino 797
White 2,924
International Students 788
Other Races/Ethnicities 755

Geographic Diversity

Rhode Island students aren't the only ones who study at Brown University. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 117 countries are represented at Brown. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Canada.

Online Learning at Brown University

207 Took All Classes Online
588 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 588 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Brown has changed over the last few years.

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Brown University Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Computer Science 250 102 9 361
General Computer & Information Sciences 49 0 0 49
Computer & IS Security 0 2 0 2
TOTAL 299 104 9 412

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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