Undergraduate Financial Aid

The Brown Promise

The Brown Promise initiative eliminates packaged loans from all undergraduate financial aid offers.

An Estimated Financial Aid Offer Example

A family of four with one student attending Brown as an incoming freshman in 2023-24, with a total parent income of $57,200 and assets of $68,000, could expect the following estimated demonstrated financial need.

Demonstrated Financial Need
Cost of Attendance Parent Contribution Student Contribution = Need
$87,648   $0   $2,700   $84,948

Using the example demonstrated financial need of the same family of four above, the following estimated financial aid could be expected.

Estimated Financial Aid  to Meet Need
Student Work + Scholarship = Total Award
$2,950   $81,998   $84,948