10.0% / 5.6%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications48,904
Overall admit rate5.4%
In-state admit rate10.0%
Out-of-state admit rate5.6%
Enrolled1,719 · 65.2% yield
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsExtracurriculars, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
#11
Niche
Best Colleges in America
SourceListRankYr
NicheBest Colleges in America#1126
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#1326
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#1526
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#1826
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Private)#1826
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#2526
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#2726
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceThe Ivy League9
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FCS44
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingRhode Island colleges4
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
$75
application fee
waivable
Regular decision01/03 → Late March → 05/01
Early decisionNovember 1 → Mid-December · binding
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
HS units required4 Eng, 4 Math, 3 Sci, 2 SciLab, 3 FL, 0 SS, 2 Hist
Admissions URLwww.commonapp.org
Admissions emailadmission@brown.edu
Admissions phone(401) 863-2378
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Yale University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Yale University CT · Private (nonprofit)4.8%15306K
Columbia University NY · Private (nonprofit)3.9%15409K
University of Pennsylvania PA · Private (nonprofit)4.9%—10K
Dartmouth College NH · Private (nonprofit)6.0%1520—
Harvard University MA · Private (nonprofit)4.2%——
Princeton University NJ · Private (nonprofit)4.4%15305K
Cornell University NY · Private (nonprofit)8.4%153016K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.