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Providence, RI 02912
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Brown University

Providence, RI - Enrollment, Demographics, Student Costs

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Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)
UndergraduateArts & sciences focus, high graduate coexistence
GraduateComprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary
Undergraduate PopulationFull-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in
EnrollmentMajority undergraduate
Size & SettingMedium four-year, highly residential

General Characteristics

Title IV EligibilityParticipates in Title IV federal financial aid programs
Highest offeringDoctoral degree
Calendar SystemSemester
Years of college work requiredN/A
Variable Tuition
Religious AffiliationN/A
Congressional District4401

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force  —   /   / 
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Brown University?
78th for total cost of attendance
  In District In State Out of State
Effective as of 2010-08-04
FT Undergraduate Tuition $38,048 $38,048 $38,048
FT Undergraduate Required Fees $800 $800 $800
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour $1,189 $1,189 $1,189
FT Graduate Tuition $38,048 $38,048 $38,048
FT Graduate Required Fees $670 $670 $670
PT Graduate per Credit Hour $1,189 $1,189 $1,189
Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus $52,030 $52,030 $52,030
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $40,114 $40,114 $40,114
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family $40,114 $40,114 $40,114

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Prior year comparison and trends on the cost of attending / attendance cost.
  In District In State Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees $36,342 $37,718 $36,342 $37,718 $36,342 $37,718
  Cost (regardless of residency)
Effective as of 2010-08-04
Books & Supplies $1,184 $1,230
On-Campus – Room & Board $9,606 $10,022
On-Campus – Other Expenses $1,528 $1,590
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board N/A
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses N/A
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board N/A

Admission Details

Effective as of 2010-08-05
Application Fee RequiredN/A
Undergraduate Application Fee$75
Graduate Application Fee$75
First Professional Application FeeN/A
Applicants 24,988 (10,160 male / 14,828 female)
Admitted 2,790 (1,342 male / 1,448 female)
Admission rate 11%
First-time Enrollment 1,494 (723 male / 771 female)
FT Enrollment 1,494 (723 male / 771 female)
PT Enrollment N/A (N/A male / N/A female)
Total Enrollment8,574

Admission Criteria

What criteria does Brown University use for admissions?  = Required,   = Recommended,   = Neither required nor recommended
Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record  /   / 
College Prep. Completion
Recommendations
Formal competency demoN/A
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other testsN/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does Brown University accept?
Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
NCAA Football Conference Ivy Group
NCAA Basketball Conference Ivy Group
NCAA Baseball Conference Ivy Group
NCAA Track & Field Conference Ivy Group

ACT Test Admission

16th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting ACT results 33%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 29 / 35
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 28 / 34
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 29 / 34

SAT Test Admission

22nd for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting SAT results 89%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 650 / 760
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 670 / 770
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 1320 / 1530

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity4,643
Meals per Week20
Room Fee$6,360
Board Fee$3,920

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?
 
Total 446 182 234 444 14 1,876 428 3,676
Acting 2 4 24 2 32
African Studies 10 4 14
American/United States Studies/Civilization 6 2 2 2 8 4 24
Ancient Studies/Civilization 2 2 4
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
Anthropology 2 4 6 2 26 8 48
Applied Mathematics 50 2 4 10 46 10 122
Applied Mathematics, Other
Archeology 2 4 4 4 14
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) 2 4 2 28 10 46
Area Studies, Other
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 6 6 6 32 12 62
Art/Art Studies, General 4 6 10 2 26 14 62
Atomic/Molecular Physics
Bilingual and Multilingual Education
Biochemistry 4 2 10 10 2 28
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 2 2 4
Bioinformatics 4 8 2 14
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other 4 14 4 22 52 16 114
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 8 4 2 54 94 16 180
Biomedical/Medical Engineering 4 2 8 16 2 32
Biophysics 4 8 12
Biostatistics 4 2 6
Business/Managerial Economics 2 2
Chemical Physics 4 4
Chemistry, General 16 2 2 20 4 44
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology 4 2 2 8
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 2 2 22 10 36
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics 6 20 26
Cognitive Science 2 2 10 6 20
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 4 10 4 24 6 50
Community Organization and Advocacy
Comparative Literature 8 2 4 12 36 6 68
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
Computer and Information Sciences, General 36 6 2 10 78 16 150
Creative Writing 2 6 14 58 16 98
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis 2 2 16 22
Development Economics and International Development 4 2 16 2 34 10 68
Directing and Theatrical Production 2 2 4
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 2 2 2 16 22
East Asian Studies 4 2 10 4 20
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 2 2 4 4 12
Economics, General 62 8 18 30 2 112 20 252
Education, General 2 2 12 2 18 2 40
Elementary Education and Teaching
Engineering Physics 2 2
Engineering, General 48 2 6 16 108 6 186
Engineering, Other
English Language and Literature, General 8 8 6 18 62 6 112
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies 16 14 4 26 64 20 144
Environmental Science 8 4 6 18
Environmental Studies 26 8 34
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other 4 6 2 2 14
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other
French Language and Literature 2 2
French Studies 4 4
Geochemistry 2 2
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other
Geology/Earth Science, General 6 2 4 2 2 28 6 50
Geophysics and Seismology 6 6
German Language and Literature
German Studies
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies 4 4 8
History, General 4 6 18 6 112 26 176
History, Other
International Relations and Affairs 20 4 4 30 2 80 26 172
Italian Language and Literature
Italian Studies 4 2 6 12
Jewish/Judaic Studies 2 2
Latin American Studies 4 4 2 10
Latin Language and Literature 2 2 2 6
Linguistics 10 4 14
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 2 6 4 12
Mass Communication/Media Studies 8 2 2 8 16 6 42
Mathematics and Computer Science 4 8 6 18
Mathematics, General 12 2 2 6 22 48
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD) 2 4 2 8
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 6 6 12
Museology/Museum Studies
Music, General 2 10 24 4 40
Musicology and Ethnomusicology 4 4
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 2 2 6
Neuroscience 4 2 2 24 48 12 94
Organizational Behavior Studies
Pathology/Experimental Pathology 2 2
Philosophy 6 2 2 4 22 10 46
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
Physics, General 14 8 30 4 56
Political Science and Government, General 6 6 20 10 2 62 10 118
Portuguese Language and Literature 4 4
Psychology, General 6 4 16 2 2 34 6 72
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH) 14 2 4 6 22 4 54
Public Health, Other
Public Policy Analysis 14 4 6 6 52 10 96
Religion/Religious Studies 2 2 14 6 24
Sanskrit and Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Science, Technology and Society 4 8 12
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
Slavic Studies 2 4 6
Social Sciences, Other 2 2 4
Social Studies Teacher Education 4 8 12
Sociology 10 6 2 4 20 2 44
South Asian Studies 2 2
Spanish Language and Literature 2 6 4 14
Statistics, General
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 6 6
Urban Education and Leadership 8 6 14 6 36
Urban Studies/Affairs 2 6 2 32 2 46
Women's Studies

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

Brown University 50th for the average full-time faculty salary.
Effective as of 2010-08-31
Tenure system
Average FT Salary $107,284 ($115,958 male / $90,901 female)
Number of FT Faculty 728 (476 male / 252 female)
Number of PT Faculty 111
FT Faculty Ratio 7 : 1
Total Benefits $20,873,945

Local News for Brown University

Column: 'Student impact fee' a covert way to tax non-profits

Taxing out-of-state students is a cowardly, backdoor attempt to remove universities’ non-profit status and shrink the city’s deficit.

Brown deans screened letters without telling students

Letters Brown University students wrote to their first-year advisers were used by administrators to assess writing ability in past years without students’ or advisers’ knowledge, Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron and Associate Dean for Writing Kathleen McSharry said.

Brown prof. lands large NIH grant

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Gilad Barnea was recently awarded a EUREKA grant — $1.3 million in funding for scientific research over four years — by the National Institutes of Health.

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