Brown University
Brown University admitted 5.4% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1510–1580 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $26,976 a year. Within six years, 96% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 5.4%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1510–1580
- ACT middle 50%
- 34–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $91,676 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $26,976 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $39 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $74,650 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 96%
- Students who return for a second year
- 99%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $99,974 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,567
Students
- Undergraduates
- 7,226
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 17%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 6 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 25%
- Computer and information sciences
- 16%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 12%
- Mathematics and statistics
- 11%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- University of Pennsylvania PA · 5.4% admitted
- Princeton University NJ · 4.6% admitted
- University of Chicago IL · 4.5% admitted
- Dartmouth College NH · 5.4% admitted
- Johns Hopkins University MD · 6.4% admitted
- Duke University NC · 5.7% admitted
More colleges in Rhode Island
- University of Rhode Island RI · 72% admitted
- Rhode Island College RI · 92% admitted
- Providence College RI · 51% admitted
- Roger Williams University RI · 88% admitted
- Johnson & Wales University-Providence RI · 88% admitted
- Bryant University RI · 66% admitted
- Johnson & Wales University-Online RI · 91% admitted
- Salve Regina University RI · 68% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.