Brown University (Brown) is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Providence, RI.

It offers 178 graduate programs - 87 Master's, 88 Doctorate, and 3 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $67,006.

A total of 3,550 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 11,189 students at Brown. Brown offers online graduate programs and 148 out of 3,550 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

Brown have a medical school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at Alpert Medical School at . In addition, you can find Brown's health profession programs at health professions information page.


Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $67,006. It offers 178 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameBrown University
TypeFour-year, Private (not-for-profit)
AddressOne Prospect Street, Providence, RI
Graduate School Students3,347 students
148 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)$67,006
Student to Faculty6:1 (16.67%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 178 Graduate Programs
87 Master's, 88 Doctorate, 3 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at Brown University

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Brown University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $67,006 for prospective students.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $2,051.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
Amounts
Tuition$65,656
Fees$1,350
Cost per Credit$2,051
Room & Board$16,598 (On-Campus)
Personal Expenses$2,820 (On-Campus)
On-Campus Total$86,424

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Brown University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 178 major areas - 87 Master's, 88 Doctorate, 3 Post-Bachelor's. 986 students have been conferred Master's degree and 381 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total9863816-
Men4842134-
Women5021682-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Environmental ScienceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
African Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
American/United States Studies/Civilization10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
East Asian StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Near and Middle Eastern StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
South Asian StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Slavic Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
French Studies1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
German Studies2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Italian Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Latin American and Caribbean StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ethnic StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mass Communication/Media Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance21 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bilingual and Multilingual Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Urban Education and Leadership16 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Elementary Education and Teaching NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
English/Language Arts Teacher Education11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mathematics Teacher Education2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social Studies Teacher Education10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Engineering Physics/Applied PhysicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Industrial Engineering22 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Creative Writing NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biochemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
BiophysicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Pathology/Experimental Pathology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Molecular Pharmacology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biostatistics22 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computational BiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biotechnology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Epidemiology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Molecular Medicine NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Neuroscience NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Applied Mathematics10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computational MathematicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics and Computer Science48 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Museology/Museum Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Science, Technology and Society35 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Behavioral Sciences11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ancient Studies/CivilizationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cognitive Science4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Human BiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computational Science4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Data Science, General NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Religion/Religious Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
AstronomyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
GeochemistryNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geophysics and SeismologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Experimental Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Policy Analysis66 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods116 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Anthropology2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Archeology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Economics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 1 NOT OFFER
Development Economics and International Development NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
International Relations and AffairsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Urban Studies/AffairsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social Sciences (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Playwriting and Screenwriting4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Acting14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Directing and Theatrical Production4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art/Art StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art History, Criticism and Conservation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Musicology and Ethnomusicology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Technology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
MedicineNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Medical Scientist38 NOT OFFER
Clinical and Translational Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health/Medical Physics3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Community Health and Preventive Medicine16 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
International Public Health/International Health3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health Services Administration17 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management38 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

Brown graduate schools have a total of 3,347 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 1,674 male and 1,673 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 3,174 full-time and 173 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 148 students enrolled through online exclusively and 28 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 1,092 White, 246 Black, and 355 Asian students are attending at Brown University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

73 grad students are younger than 22 and 135 students are older than 65. It has 2,708 students aged between 22 and 30 and 634 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total3,347
Men1,674
Women1,673
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total3,347
Full-time Students3,174
Part-time Students173
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total3,347
American Indian /
Native American
9
Asian355
Black246
Hispanic278
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
3
White1,092
Two or more races130
Un-Known147
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total3,347
21 & Under73
22-241,244
25-291,464
30-34471
35-39163
40 & Over135

Online Population

At Brown University graduate schools, 148 students enrolled online exclusively and 28 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment3,550
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses148
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses28
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses3,374
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses148
Rhode Island Resident6
Other State In U.S.125
Outside of U.S.17