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Brandeis University
Waltham, MA · Private (nonprofit) · 3,618 students · mostly bachelor degrees
100th-cheapest of 117 Massachusetts colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$35,736
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$86,448
Graduation rate
86%
Admission rate
41%
Median graduate earnings
$77,231
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$25,648
Average SAT
1462
Median ACT
33
Pell grant recipients
15%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
94 programsComputer and Information Sciences, General · Master's Degree19 grads/yr$159,137Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree92 grads/yr$123,460Business/Commerce, General · Bachelor's Degree111 grads/yr$108,405Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree86 grads/yr$102,843Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree141 grads/yr$95,872Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Master's Degree112 grads/yr$87,354Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$85,681Education Policy Analysis · Master's Degree74 grads/yr$79,908Foreign Languages and Literatures, General · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$78,746Education Policy Analysis · Bachelor's Degree101 grads/yr$75,580Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree60 grads/yr$74,018Environmental Science · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$73,936Deaf Studies · Bachelor's Degree27 grads/yr$73,256Neuroscience · Bachelor's Degree54 grads/yr$68,179Behavioral Neuroscience · Bachelor's Degree109 grads/yr$67,838International/Globalization Studies · Bachelor's Degree38 grads/yr$66,366Sociology, General · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$65,481English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree32 grads/yr$62,291Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$59,426Musical Theatre · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$58,676Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree170 grads/yr$58,384Forensic Anthropology · Bachelor's Degree27 grads/yr$57,423Baltic Studies · Bachelor's Degree51 grads/yr$54,306
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.