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Brown University

Private nonprofit, four-year or above, in Providence, Rhode Island.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

12,765
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
8,534
Undergraduates
4,231
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

1,904
Bachelor's degrees awarded
0
Associate's degrees awarded
1,187
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

96.0%
Graduation rate
96.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

5.0%
Applicants admitted
65.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$71,412
Tuition and fees
$91,676
Price in state, living on campus
$91,676
Price out of state, living on campus

Tuition and fees

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Brown University published $71,412 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–⁠25, against $62,304 for 2021–⁠22

Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.

Source: IPEDS

About this chart

The figures

Brown University published $71,412 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $62,304 for 2021–22. Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.
Academic yearIn-districtIn-stateOut-of-state
2024–⁠25$71,412$71,412$71,412
2023–⁠24$68,230$68,230$68,230
2022–⁠23$65,146$65,146$65,146
2021–⁠22$62,304$62,304$62,304
The price of a year on campus for an in-state student, 2024–25
ItemPrice
In-state tuition and fees$71,412
Books and supplies$0
Food and housing on campus$17,444
Other expenses on campus$2,820
Total, as NCES adds it$91,676

The published price, before any grant or scholarship: what a student is charged, not what a student pays. Each NCES release restates the years before it, so all of these are from the one release.

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
Professor424$218,561
Associate professor180$139,274
Assistant professor175$121,652
Lecturer102$106,035
No academic rank128$97,336
All ranks1,009$160,855

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 12,765
Larger than 95% of the 1,543 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 96%
Higher than 97% of the 1,233 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $160,855
Higher than 98% of the 1,464 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$94,678
Median earnings four years after completing
$99,974
Median earnings ten years after entering
$14,567
Median federal debt of graduates
0.0%
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Private nonprofit, four-year or above
Control
Private nonprofit
Grants degrees
Yes
Locale
City, midsize
County
Providence County
IPEDS ID
217156

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved