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 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
50
doctoral programs
31
master’s degree programs
69 %
of classes have fewer than 20 students
819
regular faculty
20 +
countries where Brown students can study abroad
6
libraries
Students
10,425
total students
7,125
undergraduates
2,689
graduate students
611
medical students
450 +
student groups
13 %
of undergraduates are the first in their families to attend college
45 %
of U.S. students identify as a person of color
100 %
of first-year undergraduates live on campus
107
nations represented by undergraduates
as well as 50 states plus D.C. and 67 languages
58
Rhodes Scholars
737
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
50,649
applications
to the undergraduate Class of 2026
5.0%
acceptance rate
for the Class of 2026
100%
of each student's demonstrated financial need
met by Brown
50%
of the Class of 2026
received need-based scholarship or grant aid
100%
of students receiving financial aid
have no loans in their University-packaged financial aid awards
$27,230
average family responsibility
for aided members of the Class of 2026
$186
million in need-based scholarship
budgeted for 2022-23
Life after Brown
96%
of 2021 graduates
went on to employment or graduate/professional school within six months of graduation
81%
of 2021 graduates
who applied to law school were admitted
81%
of 2021 graduates
who applied to medical school were admitted
117,733
Brown alumni
in 152 countries around the world
Athletics
34
Division I sports teams
38
club teams