PROVIDENCE – Brown University offered admission to 1,782 prospective undergraduates on Thursday, drawing from a record-high pool of 38,674 applicants for the Ivy League school.
Including the 769 individuals offered early admission in December, the admitted Class of 2023 totals 2,551 students, putting the admission rate at 6.6 percent.
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Students have until May 1 to accept the offer. Brown said it anticipates an incoming class of approximately 1,665 students.
The university cited its Brown Promise initiative for the 9.1 percent increase in applicants over last year, when the school fielded 35,438 applications, a record-high at the time. Brown Promise eliminated loans from the university’s aid packages starting last year, replacing them with scholarships and grants that don’t require repayment.
The following is a breakdown of the admitted applicants provided by Brown University:
- 49 percent identify as students of color
- 65 percent intend to apply for financial aid
- 94 percent are in the top 10 percent of their high school classes
- 58 percent attend public schools; 31 percent go to private schools; 11 percent parochial schools
- Admitted applicants are from all 50 states. The top five states are California, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Texas
- 80 nations are represented. The top five countries are China, Canada, India, South Korea and the United Kingdom
- The top 10 intended concentrations for admitted applications are: engineering, computer science, biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, economics, political science, business, entrepreneurship and organizations, English, neuroscience, and international relations
- Of 694 applicants for the Brown-Rhode Island School of Design Dual Degree Program, 18 students were admitted
- Of 2,641 applicants for the Program in Liberal Medical Education, 94 students were admitted. It’s an eight-year program leading to both a bachelor’s degree and a medical degree from Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School
“Each year, we are faced with the honor and the challenge of selecting a new cohort of Brown students from among a large group of extremely bright, talented applicants,” said Logan Powell, dean of admission. “This year was no exception.”
William Hamilton is a PBN staff writer. Email him at Hamilton@PBN.com.
