by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Brown University came in at #27 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 5% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. As a result, Brown is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island, Brown came in at #1.
Brown was ranked #27 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 5% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. Because of its high ranking, Brown won the Best Doctorate Schools badge this year.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Rhode Island, Brown came in at #1.
Women make up 50.4% of the total graduate student body at Brown while men make you 49.6%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 30.1% of the graduate students who attend Brown are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 30.3% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $60,944 | $60,944 |
| Fees | $1,139 | $1,139 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Brown is $54,884. That's about 6% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Brown, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $60,843. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 19% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Brown University.
Contact details for Brown are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Prospect Street, Providence, RI 02912 |
| Phone: | 401-863-1000 |
| Website: | www.brown.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/BrownUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/BrownUniversity |
In 2020-2021, 4.4% of the graduate students at Brown University took at least one class online. For that same period, 1.1% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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.
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