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Brown Common Data Set

Brown University Common Data Set

Brown Common Data Set

Published February 19, 2020 | Last Updated November 2nd, 2025 at 10:41 am

Brown University Common Data Set

Sifting through a college’s Common Data Set can take a lot of time. Instead, we’ve gathered the most important information from Brown’s most recent Common Data Set to provide you with the information you need at a quick glance.

This guide contains key information from Brown University’s Common Data Set 2024-2025.

Brown Common Data Set Quick Facts

Quick Facts

  • Public vs. Private: Private
  • Geographic Region: New England
  • State: Rhode Island
  • Student to Faculty Ratio: 6 to 1
  • Full Time Undergraduates: 7,910

Merit Scholarships for Brown

  • Percentage of students with no financial need who were awarded merit scholarships: 1%
  • Average dollar amount of non-need-based merit scholarships: $21,278

Important Factors Considered For Admissions

Academic

  • Rigor of secondary school record
  • Class rank
  • Academic GPA
  • Standardized test scores
  • Application Essay
  • Recommendation(s)

Non-academic

  • Talent/ability
  • Character/personal qualities

Student Life Information

  • Percentage of students from out-of-state: 94%
  • Percentage of students who join sororities: 2%
  • Percentage of students who join fraternities: 4%

Student Diversity

  • Percentage of nonresident aliens: 13%
  • Percentage of Hispanic/Latino: 13%
  • Percentage of Black or African American, non-Hispanic: 9%
  • Percentage of White, non-Hispanic: 33%
  • Percentage of American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic: Less than 1%
  • Percentage of Asian, non-Hispanic: 23%
  • Percentage of Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic: Less than 1%
  • Percentage of two or more races, non-Hispanic: 8%
  • Percentage of unknown race and/or ethnicity: 6%

This information was gathered from the Brown Data Set 2024-2025

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