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Facts about Brown

Admission at Brown

Undergraduate Admission

Brown admits students either through a binding Early Decision Plan (application deadline: November 1) or through Regular Decision (deadline: January 1). Admission has become increasingly competitive in recent years; less than 16 percent of the applicant pool for each class is admitted.

Class 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Applied 15,286 16,911 18,313 19,097 20,633 24,988
Early Decision Admits 551 566 543 525 555 568
Total Admitted 2,532 2,463 2,525 2,681 2,828 2,738
Admit Percentage 17% 15% 14% 14% 14% 11%
Enrolled 1,469 1,440 1,470 1,484 1,550 1,485

 

Home Region (by % of enrolling class)

  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
New England 24 23 19 22 22 22
Middle Atlantic 27 29 28 30 27 27
Southern 12 13 13 11 12 12
Midwest 9 7 7 8 8 7
Central 2 1 1 1 1 1
Mountain 2 3 2 3 2 2
Pacific 16 15 17 15 17 15
International 9 9 10 10 11 14

 

Area of Intended Study (by % of enrolling class)

  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Sciences/Math 37 36 37 36 36 35
Engineering 9 11 11 11 9 10
Humanities 23 22 20 16 16 18
Social Sciences 19 21 22 24 26 26
Undecided 12 10 10 12 13 10

Ninety-six percent of students accepted to the class of 2013 were in the top 10 percent of their graduating classes. Of those, 28 percent were valedictorians and 10 percent were salutatorians.