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Date May 26, 2017
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Brown to confer 2,568 degrees at Sunday's Commencement

At its 249th Commencement on Sunday, May 28, Brown University will confer a total of 2,568 degrees in all categories — undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University will confer the following degrees at its 249th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 28, 2017.

Degrees will be conferred during ceremonies at the First Baptist Meeting House (the College), in the First Unitarian Church (the Warren Alpert Medical School), on Simmons Quadrangle (the doctoral ceremony), on Pembroke Field (the master's ceremony) and on the College Green (University ceremony). Undergraduates will receive their individual diplomas at departmental ceremonies following the University ceremony.

Bachelor's Degrees

1,013

Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)

541

Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)

7

Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science (A.B./Sc.B.)

1,561

SUBTOTAL bachelor's degrees

Master’s Degrees

165

Master of Arts (A.M.)

39

Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.)

31

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

33

Master of Public Affairs (M.P.A.)

52

Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)

1

Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.)

240

Master of Science (Sc.M.)

29

Master of Science in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Engineering (Sc.M. IMEE)

20

Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership

23

Executive Master of Business Administration (Brown-IE Business School)

633

SUBTOTAL master’s degrees

Terminal/Professional Degrees

210

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

121

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

331

SUBTOTAL terminal/professional degrees

2,525

TOTAL of all earned degrees

Honorary Degrees

6

Honorary Doctorates

37

Master of Arts, ad eundem

43

SUBTOTAL honorary degrees

Grand Total

2,568

Degrees to be conferred May 28, 2017

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