brown university

Prospect St, Providence, Rhode Island

General information:	(401) 863-1000
Website:	www.brown.edu
Type:	Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Awards offered:	Bachelor's degree Master's degree Doctor's degree First-professional degree
Campus setting:	City Midsize
Campus housing:	Yes

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General information:

Estimated student expenses (before aid):

Financial aid:

Enrollment:

Admissions:

Undergraduate application fee: $70

Undergraduate admissions:

	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE
Number of applicants:	20633	8115	12518
Percent admitted:	14%	17%	12%
Percent admitted who enrolled:	55%	54%	56%

Admissions Considerations	Required	Recommended
Secondary school GPA		X
Secondary school rank		X
Secondary school record	X
Completion of college-prepatory program		X
Recommendations	X
Admission test scores	X
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)	X

Test Scores (enrolled first-time students):

Students submitting scores	NUMBER	PERCENT
SAT	1431	92%
ACT	464	30%

Test Scores	25th Percentile*	75th Percentile**
SAT Critical Reading	650	760
SAT Math	670	780
SAT Writing	660	770
ACT Composite	28	33
ACT English	28	34
ACT Math	28	34
ACT Writing	28	32

Notes:

* 25% of students scored at or below

** 25% of students scored above

Programs/majors

Completions 2007-2008:

Program	Bachelor	Master	Doctor
Natural resources and conservation.
Environmental Studies	11	10	-
Environmental Science	3	-	-
Category total	14	10	-
Architecture and related services.
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)	21	-	-
Category total	21	-	-
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies.
American/United States Studies/Civilization	27	-	9
East Asian Studies	12	-	-
Latin American Studies	8	-	-
Near and Middle Eastern Studies	4	-	-
South Asian Studies	1	-	-
Slavic Studies	5	1	-
French Studies	2	2	1
German Studies	-	1	-
Italian Studies	3	-	1
Area Studies, Other	4	2	4
African-American/Black Studies	5	-	-
Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies	-	9	4
Womens Studies	-	-	-
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other	7	-	-
Category total	78	15	19
Computer and information sciences and support services.
Computer and Information Sciences, General	33	30	12
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other	-	-	-
Category total	33	30	12
Education.
Education, General	12	10	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	-	-	-
Urban Education and Leadership	-	14	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	-	-	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	-	11	-
Category total	12	35	-
Engineering.
Engineering, General	53	10	18
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	18	6	8
Engineering Physics	5	-	-
Engineering, Other	-	13	-
Category total	76	29	26
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics.
Linguistics	8	-	-
Comparative Literature	31	2	3
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	-	-	-
German Language and Literature	-	-	-
Sanskrit/Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	1	-	-
French Language and Literature	1	-	-
Italian Language and Literature	-	-	-
Portuguese Language and Literature	-	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	5	-	-
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General	12	-	1
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature	1	-	-
Latin Language and Literature	4	-	-
Category total	63	2	4
English language and literature/letters.
English Language and Literature, General	53	12	7
Creative Writing	35	13	-
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other	-	-	-
Category total	88	25	7
Biological and biomedical sciences.
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	87	15	8
Biochemistry	16	-	6
Biophysics	9	-	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	-	1	9
Biostatistics	-	1	-
Bioinformatics	8	-	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	5	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	77	1	3
Category total	202	18	26
Mathematics and statistics.
Mathematics, General	19	6	5
Applied Mathematics	10	3	10
Applied Mathematics, Other	28	-	-
Statistics, General	-	-	-
Category total	57	9	15
Multi/interdisciplinary studies.
Mathematics and Computer Science	7	-	-
Medieval and Renaissance Studies	2	-	-
Museology/Museum Studies	-	17	-
Ancient Studies/Civilization	1	-	-
Neuroscience	67	3	5
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	18	2	3
Category total	95	22	8
Philosophy and religious studies.
Philosophy	19	1	4
Religion/Religious Studies	18	-	3
Jewish/Judaic Studies	1	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other	-	-	-
Category total	38	1	7
Physical sciences.
Chemistry, General	14	9	7
Geology/Earth Science, General	2	16	5
Geochemistry	1	-	-
Geophysics and Seismology	1	-	-
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other	2	-	-
Physics, General	8	12	13
Atomic/Molecular Physics	1	-	-
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics	5	-	-
Category total	34	37	25
Psychology.
Psychology, General	49	1	3
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics	11	-	-
Category total	60	1	3
Public administration and social service professions.
Community Organization and Advocacy	-	-	-
Public Policy Analysis	27	24	-
Category total	27	24	-
Social sciences.
Anthropology	25	4	6
Archeology	3	-	-
Economics, General	114	13	14
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	7	-	-
Development Economics and International Development	29	4	-
International Relations and Affairs	136	-	-
Political Science and Government, General	50	5	4
Sociology	17	1	3
Urban Studies/Affairs	16	-	-
Social Sciences, Other	2	-	-
Category total	399	27	27
Visual and performing arts.
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	8	17	2
Art/Art Studies, General	28	-	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	27	1	7
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other	14	-	-
Music, General	13	3	3
Category total	90	21	12
Health professions and related clinical sciences.
Medicine (MD)	-	-	70
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)	-	25	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	20	-	-
Public Health, Other	-	-	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	1	-	-
Category total	21	25	70
Business, management, marketing, and related support services.
Business/Managerial Economics	7	-	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	-	-	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	52	-	-
Category total	59	-	-
History
History, General	75	17	13
History, Other	-	-	1
Category total	75	17	14
Grand total	1542	348	275

Data shown are for first majors
(-) Program is not offered at this award level

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