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Brown University Common Data Set 2025-26

RITest policy: Test-required: SAT or ACT required to be considered for admission; scores also used for advising (C8F blank)Compare with other schoolsAP credit

Acceptance rate

6.3%

2,710 of 42,774

Early decision rate

17.9%

Non-ED pool: 4.8%

SAT middle 50%

1470–1550

ACT middle 50%

33–35

Who got into Brown University: GPA and SAT of reported applicants

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GPA and SAT of 1084 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.

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Admissions
AppliedC142,774
AdmittedC12,710
EnrolledC11,719
YieldC163.4%
Early decisionC21907 of 5,062 (17.9%)
Early actionC22Not offered
Waitlist
Offered a placeC2—
Accepted a placeC2—
Admitted from waitlistC2295
Odds if you stay on the listC2—
Test scores and GPA
Submitted SATC977%
Submitted ACTC928%
SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9730–770
SAT Math (25th–75th)C9730–790
Average high school GPAC12—
GPA of 4.0C11—
GPA 3.75–3.99C11—
GPA 3.50–3.74C11—
GPA below 3.50C11—
Cost and financial aid
TuitionG1$74,568
Required feesG1$3,084
Food and housingG1$19,464
Need fully met (first-years)H297.5%
Average % of need metH2100%
Average need-based packageH2$72,368
Average need-based grantH2$68,640
What admissions looks at
  • Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
  • Class rankVery important
  • Academic GPAVery important
  • Standardized test scoresVery important
  • Application essayVery important
  • Recommendation(s)Very important
  • InterviewNot considered
  • Extracurricular activitiesImportant
  • Talent/abilityVery important
  • Character/personal qualitiesVery important
  • First generationConsidered
  • Alumni/ae relationConsidered
  • Geographical residenceConsidered
  • State residencyConsidered
  • Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
  • Volunteer workConsidered
  • Work experienceConsidered
  • Level of applicant's interestNot considered

From item C7.

Outcomes
UndergraduatesB17,951
First-year retentionB2298.8%
4-year graduation rateB—
6-year graduation rateB95.6%
Notes on this filing
  • C2: waitlist offered and accepted counts are blank; only the admitted-from-waitlist count (295) is printed.
  • C8A checks 'required to be considered' for SAT or ACT for Fall 2027; C8F clarification is blank, so the policy is taken from C8A alone.
  • C8G: AP and institutional exam used for placement.
  • C12 and C11: GPA average, percent submitting GPA and GPA band percentages are blank; the 0.00 totals are placeholders, so GPA fields are null.
  • C13: application fee $80, waivable for financial need; same fee online.
  • Early decision figures (5,062 applied; 907 admitted) are for the Fall 2024 entering class, per item C21, not Fall 2025.
  • Early action: C22 answered No.
  • Retention rate uses the printed 98.8 (B22 shows 99 as a rounded value; 1695/1716 is 98.8).
  • Graduation: the printed 6-year rate (H, Fall 2019 cohort) is 95.6. The filing does not print a 4-year rate; the 4-year completers were 1,235 of 1,652 in the adjusted cohort, but no rate is stated, so grad_rate_4yr is null.
  • Cost (G1): single tuition figure is listed for all students (private); in-state and out-of-state are null. Room and board is the food and housing figure.
  • Aid: pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed and not among the permitted computations, so it is null. pct_need_fully_met = H2 line h (860) / line d (882) = 97.5. Aid figures are first-time first-year column (H2 and H1 for 2025-26 estimated).
  • H2 averages: avg_need_based_grant is line K (average need-based scholarship or grant award).

Source: Brown University Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.