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Brown University
Providence, RI · Private (nonprofit) · 7,226 students · mostly bachelor degrees
10th-cheapest of 20 Rhode Island colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$25,184
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$87,648
Graduation rate
96%
Admission rate
5%
Median graduate earnings
$93,487
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$11,428
Average SAT
1546
Median ACT
34
Pell grant recipients
14%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
186 programsComputer Science · Bachelor's Degree236 grads/yr$214,479Computer Science · Master's Degree129 grads/yr$208,655Financial Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree173 grads/yr$157,822Biotechnology · Master's Degree28 grads/yr$151,944Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$125,955Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree179 grads/yr$124,508Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree80 grads/yr$108,550Medicine · First Professional Degree135 grads/yr$106,465Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree16 grads/yr$95,551Education Policy Analysis · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$94,962Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree26 grads/yr$91,674Environmental Health · Master's Degree39 grads/yr$87,924Education Policy Analysis · Master's Degree66 grads/yr$87,139National Security Policy Studies · Bachelor's Degree137 grads/yr$86,780Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree63 grads/yr$85,520Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree58 grads/yr$85,388Environmental Health · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$74,496Urban Studies/Affairs · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$73,905English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree77 grads/yr$73,497Human Biology · Bachelor's Degree53 grads/yr$69,802Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$68,338Behavioral Neuroscience · Bachelor's Degree65 grads/yr$63,415Art/Art Studies, General · Bachelor's Degree59 grads/yr$60,985Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree110 grads/yr$60,508Baltic Studies · Bachelor's Degree53 grads/yr$59,808
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.