Brown University

Brown University, also referred to as Brown, is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is a member of the Ivy League. It was established in 1764 as the College of Rhode Island. Brown was the first institution in the U.S to accept students regardless of religious affiliations. U.S. News & World Report rankings (2008 edition) placed Brown, tied with Stanford, as the seventh most selective college in the nation.

Brown’s campus consists of more than 230 buildings and is spread across an area of over 140 acres. The university offers a wide variety of degrees and programs through the following academic divisions:

College and Graduate School
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Warren Alpert Medical School
Watson Institute for International Studies

Brown’s campus is home to over 300 registered student organizations. The university has an active Greek life. More than 12% of Brown students are members of various fraternities or sororities.

Campus Location

Prospect St
Providence, RI 02912
USA
Main Tel: (401) 863-1000
Web Site

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Brown University Highlights

Where Brown University stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in science, mathematics, liberal arts, medicine, drama and performing arts, and fine arts.
High faculty salary.
Selective admissions.
High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
Large number of programs of study offered.
Good faculty-to-student ratio.
Number of dorm rooms for students.
Large number of students.
High male/female ratio.
High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Part-time classes available

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	1,530	92
Master	359	51
Doctorale	170	45
First-professional degree	93	1

Brown Students

The student enrollment at Brown was 8,167 in 2007 (7,974 full-time equivalent).

About 45% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 55% of the class.

Undergrads are 75% of enrolled students, graduate students are 20%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 4%.

About 10% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 90% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 36,342
Room	$ 5,958
Board	$ 3,648
Books and supplies	$ 1,184
Other	$ 1,528

Financial Aid: Brown participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Brown:

School	Location	Enrollment
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	19,800
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	19,782
Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	7,261
Yale University	New Haven, CT	11,454
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	10,220
Bucknell University	Lewisburg, PA	3,677
Rice University	Houston, TX	5,161
Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH	5,849
Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	2,841
Swarthmore College	Swarthmore, PA	1,491

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		471
Without tenure; working toward tenure		132
Without tenure; tenure not available		188

Housing and Meals

Brown provides on-campus housing for 4,643 of its 7,974 (full-time) students (as of 2007). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Brown Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. Brown is in the Ivy Group for major sports.

Brown Admissions (2007)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	16%
Women	12%
All	14%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	660-760
Math	670-770
Writing	660-760

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (16 awarded)

Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)

ART STUDIES (21 awarded)

Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (125 awarded)

Business/Managerial Economics
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (72 awarded)

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (16 awarded)

Environmental Science
Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (41 awarded)

Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (37 awarded)

Bilingual and Multilingual Education
Education
Elementary Education and Teaching
Social Studies Teacher Education
Urban Education and Leadership

ENGINEERING (117 awarded)

Archeology
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Engineering Physics
Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (47 awarded)

Community Organization and Advocacy
Public Policy Analysis

FINE ARTS (45 awarded)

Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Fine Arts and Art Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (823 awarded)

African-American/Black Studies
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Ancient Studies/Civilization
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
Anthropology
Area Studies
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
Comparative Literature
Creative Writing
Development Economics and International Development
East Asian Studies
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
Economics
English Language and Literature
English Language and Literature/Letters
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
French Language and Literature
French Studies
German Language and Literature
German Studies
Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
History
International Relations and Affairs
Italian Language and Literature
Italian Studies
Latin American Studies
Latin Language and Literature
Linguistics
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Museology/Museum Studies
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Political Science and Government
Portuguese Language and Literature
Sanskrit/Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Slavic Studies
Social Sciences
Sociology
South Asian Studies
Spanish Language and Literature
Urban Studies/Affairs
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (72 awarded)

Applied Mathematics
Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics
Statistics

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (31 awarded)

Community Health and Preventive Medicine

MEDICINE (180 awarded)

Medicine (MD)
Neuroscience
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
Public Health

MUSIC (21 awarded)

Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (62 awarded)

Jewish/Judaic Studies
Philosophy
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (335 awarded)

Atomic/Molecular Physics
Biochemistry
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences
Biophysics
Biostatistics
Chemistry
Geochemistry
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
Geology/Earth Science
Geophysics and Seismology
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
Pathology/Experimental Pathology
Physics
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (91 awarded)

Bioethics/Medical Ethics
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
Psychology