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Brown Demographics & Diversity Report

Who is the typical student at Brown? College Factual wanted to know the facts so we crunched the numbers. We analyzed racial demographics, gender ratios, age and location diversity of college campuses accross the country. The results of the Brown University <nil> diversity report are below.

• Student Population
• Racial/Ethnic Diversity
• Male/Female Diversity
• Location Diversity
• Student Age Diversity

Brown Student Population

How Many Students Attend Brown University?

Brown total enrollment is approximately 9,948 students. 6,605 are undergraduates and 3,008 are graduate students.

Brown Undergraduate Population

Male/Female Breakdown of Undergraduates

The full-time Brown undergraduate population is made up of 53% women, and 47% men.

For the gender breakdown for all students, go here.

Brown Racial/Ethnic Breakdown of Undergraduates

Race/Ethnicity	Number
White	2,744
Asian	1,224
Hispanic	734
International	733
Black or African American	478
Multi-Ethnic	417
Unknown	242
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	10

See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.

Brown Graduate Student Population

Male/Female Breakdown of Graduate Students

About 50% of full-time grad students are women, and 50% men.

For the gender breakdown for all students, go here.

Brown Racial-Ethnic Breakdown of Graduate Students

Race/Ethnicity	Number
White	1,071
International	902
Asian	325
Hispanic	261
Black or African American	214
Multi-Ethnic	116
Unknown	110
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	2

See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.

Racial/Ethnic Diversity

Brown Racial Demographics:

Race/Ethnicity	Number
White	3,880
International	1,762
Asian	1,569
Hispanic	1,019
Black or African American	700
Multi-Ethnic	536
Unknown	438
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	13

High Racial/Ethnic Diversity Among Faculty

Brown University Faculty Racial/Ethnic Demographics:

Ethnicity	Number of Faculty
White	3,044
Black or African American	302
Asian	251
Multi-Ethnic	89
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	7
Hispanic	0
International	0
Unknown	0

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Brown Male/Female Diversity

This school is more popular with women than with men.

There are approximately 5,208 female students and 4,740 male students at Brown.

Even Balance of Male & Female Teachers

Reporting of the gender of Brown is unknown or unavailable.

There are more female teachers than male teachers at this school.

More about Brown faculty.

There are approximately 2,355 female teachers and 2,112 male teachers.

High Geographic Diversity

Brown ranks 3 out of 2,183 when it comes to geographic diversity.

95.54% of Brown students come from out of state, and 14.18% come from out of the country.

The undergraduate student body is split among 46 states (may include Washington D.C.). Click on the map for more detail.

Top 5 States

State	Amount
California	245
New York	214
Massachusetts	176
Connecticut	68
New Jersey	68

International Students at Brown

Students from 117 countries are represented at this school, with the majority of the international students coming from China, India, and Canada.

Learn more about international students at Brown.

High Student Age Diversity

The age diversity score this school received indicates it is doing a good job attracting students of all ages.

A traditional college student is defined as being between the ages of 18-21. At Brown, 61.62% of students fall into that category, compared to the national average of 60%.

Student Age Group	Amount
20-21	3,212
18-19	3,009
22-24	1,690
25-29	1,380
30-34	439
35 and over	241
Under 18	0

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

• Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services

• National Center for Education Statistics

• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

• Image Credit: By Ad Meskens under License

• Read College Factual's Diversity Ranking Methodology.