Brown University
Providence, RI · Private nonprofit5.4%
Acceptance rate
1,546
SAT Average
$26,572
Avg net price
7,273
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,904Master’s 1,187Doctoral 386 |
| Bachelor’s 482Master’s 186Doctoral 33 |
| Bachelor’s 300Master’s 190Doctoral 20 |
| Bachelor’s 234Master’s 84Doctoral 46 |
| Bachelor’s 215Master’s 29Doctoral 14 |
| Bachelor’s 113Master’s 137Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 90Master’s 173Doctoral 31 |
| Bachelor’s 87Master’s 14Doctoral 8 |
| Bachelor’s 63Master’s 0Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 50Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 47Master’s 12Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 42Master’s 16Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 40Master’s 86Doctoral 36 |
| Bachelor’s 37Master’s 9Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s 3Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s 3Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s 3Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 20Master’s 47Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s 68Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s 81Doctoral 147 |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s 46Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- The Ivy League
Projected sponsored sports31
Athletic participation
995 unique student-athletes · 34 varsity teams
Early Decision
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 2
Regular Decision
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 1
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $68,612
- Required fees
- $2,800
- Food and housing
- $17,444
- Books and supplies
- $0
- Other expenses
- $2,820
- Total
- $91,676
- $77,4902019–2019–20
- $80,4482020–2120–21
- $82,5702021–2221–22
- $83,6862022–2322–23
- $87,6482023–2423–24
- $91,6762024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $26,572 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 50%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $68,640
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Brown University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Brown University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Brown University runs one binding Early Decision round. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Brown University admits in-state applicants at 11.3%, out-of-state applicants at 6.9%, and international applicants at 4.1%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,750 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 5. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 51% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
77% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
28% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 29.3% who submitted class rank.
High-school class rank
Among the 29.3% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Brown University rates 8 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
Nonacademic
- Talent / ability
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Brown University leaves 3 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Without the average GPA, there’s no single midpoint to place a transcript against.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Brown University’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $97,116 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $26,572 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 882 of 1,750 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $97,116
Averages among the 882 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Brown University offers need-based aid only (no merit for nonresidents): nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Brown University admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class, but withholds how many were offered or accepted a place.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosed98.7% of Brown University’s first-years return for a second year and 96% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03