Brown at a Glance

Founded in 1764, Brown is a leading Ivy League research university where students and faculty collaborate to address the defining challenges of a complex and changing world.

Brown’s Mission

The mission of Brown University is to serve the community, the nation and the world by discovering, communicating and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry, and by educating and preparing students to discharge the offices of life with usefulness and reputation. We do this through a partnership of students and teachers in a unified community known as a university-college.

Academics

80 +

undergraduate concentrations

6:1

student-to-faculty ratio

2,000 +

undergraduate courses offered each year

49

doctoral programs

29

master’s degree programs

68 %

of classes have fewer than 20 students

848

regular faculty

40 +

countries where Brown students can study abroad

6

libraries

Students

106

nations represented by undergraduates

as well as 50 states plus D.C. and 72 languages

58

Rhodes Scholars

806

Fulbright Scholars

have taught or done research in countries around the world

1,600 +

students

participate each year in Swearer Center community engagement programs

Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid

51,316
applications
to the undergraduate Class of 2027
5.0%
acceptance rate
for the Class of 2027
100%
of each student's demonstrated financial need
met by Brown
50%
of the Class of 2027
received need-based scholarship or grant aid
100%
of students receiving financial aid
have no loans in their University-packaged financial aid awards
$27,580
average family responsibility
for aided members of the Class of 2027
$201
million
in need-based scholarship budgeted for 2023-24

Life after Brown

96%
of 2021 graduates
went on to employment or graduate/professional school within nine months of graduation
86%
of 2022 graduates
who applied to law school were admitted
81%
of 2022 graduates
who applied to medical school were admitted
119,650
Brown alumni
in 152 countries around the world

Athletics

34

Division I sports teams

38

club teams