Editing Brown University (section)

==Admissions and financial aid==
{{Infobox U.S. college admissions|year=2021|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oir.brown.edu/sites/g/files/dprerj381/files/2020-04/CDS_2020_2021_Final2_0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008203757/https://oir.brown.edu/sites/g/files/dprerj381/files/2020-04/CDS_2020_2021_Final2_0.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-10-08 |title=Brown University Common Data Set 2020–2021 |date=2021}}</ref>|change ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oir.brown.edu/sites/g/files/dprerj381/files/2020-04/CDS_2014-2015.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005092805/https://oir.brown.edu/sites/g/files/dprerj381/files/2020-04/CDS_2014-2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-10-05 |title=Brown University Common Data Set 2014–2015 |date=2015}}</ref>|admit rate=4%|admit rate change=+0.67|yield rate=62.05%|yield rate change=+1.25|SAT EBRW=750–780|SAT Math=750–790|ACT=34–36|top decile=95%|top decile change=+4.7}}

=== Undergraduate ===
Undergraduate admission to Brown University is considered "most selective" by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]].''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Brown University |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/brown-university-3401#:~:text=Brown%20University%20admissions%20is%20most,score%20of%2033%20and%2035. |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205174347/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/brown-university-3401#:~:text=Brown%20University%20admissions%20is%20most,score%20of%2033%20and%2035. |url-status=live}}</ref> For the undergraduate class of 2026, Brown received 50,649 applications—the largest applicant pool in the university's history and a 9% increase from the prior year. Of these applicants, 2,560 were admitted for an acceptance rate of 5.0%, the lowest in the university's history.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Brown admits record-low 5% of applicants to class of 2026 |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2022/03/brown-admits-record-low-5-of-applicants-to-class-of-2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408023827/https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2022/03/brown-admits-record-low-5-of-applicants-to-class-of-2026 |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=The Brown Daily Herald |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2021, the university reported a yield rate of 69%.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kubzansky |first=Will |date=2021-07-26 |title=A 'waiting game': life on Brown's waitlist during an uncertain admissions season |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/2021/07/26/waiting-game-life-browns-waitlist-uncertain-admissions-season/ |access-date=2021-07-27 |website=Brown Daily Herald |language=en-US |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727042434/https://www.browndailyherald.com/2021/07/26/waiting-game-life-browns-waitlist-uncertain-admissions-season/ |url-status=live}}</ref> For the academic year 2019–20 the university received 2,030 transfer applications, of which 5.8% were accepted.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Common Data Set 2019–2020 |url=https://oir.brown.edu/sites/g/files/dprerj381/files/2020-04/CDS_2019_2020.pdf |access-date=3 Feb 2021 |website=brown.edu |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223222557/https://oir.brown.edu/sites/g/files/dprerj381/files/2020-04/CDS_2019_2020.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

Brown's admissions policy is currently stipulated [[need-blind]] for all domestic first-year applicants,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/about/administration/financial-aid/need-blind-admission|title=Need Blind Admission {{!}} Financial Aid|website=www.brown.edu|publisher=Brown University|access-date=2019-11-02}}</ref> but will be extended to international first-year applicants starting with the Class of 2029.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://admission.brown.edu/international/financial-aid|website=www.brown.edu|publisher=Brown University|access-date=2024-02-17 |title=Financial Aid for International Applicants }}</ref> In 2017, Brown announced that loans would be eliminated from all undergraduate financial aid awards starting in 2018–2019, as part of a new $30 million campaign called the ''Brown Promise''.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 7, 2017 |title=Brown to eliminate loans from University undergraduate aid packages in 2018–19 |publisher=Brown University |url=https://news.brown.edu/articles/2017/12/promise |url-status=dead |access-date=January 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110054538/https://news.brown.edu/articles/2017/12/promise |archive-date=January 10, 2018}}</ref> In 2016–17, the university awarded need-based scholarships worth $120.5 million. The average need-based award for the class of 2020 was $47,940.<ref>{{cite web |title=Home – Financial Aid |url=https://brown.edu/about/administration/financial-aid/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006105016/http://brown.edu/about/administration/financial-aid/ |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=October 8, 2014 |publisher=Brown University}}</ref>

=== Graduate ===
In 2017, the Graduate School accepted 11% of 9,215 applicants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brown.edu/about/facts |title=Facts About Brown |publisher=Brown University |access-date=October 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113951/http://www.brown.edu/about/facts |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Brown received a record 948 applications for roughly 90 spots in its Master of Public Health Degree.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 10, 2021 |title=As public health dominates public conversation, Brown receives record number of MPH applications |url=https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-03-10/mph |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310165433/https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-03-10/mph |archive-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref>

In 2020, ''U.S. News'' ranked Brown's [[Alpert Medical School|Warren Alpert Medical School]] the 9th most selective in the country, with an acceptance rate of 2.8 percent.<ref>{{cite web |title=10 Medical Schools With the Lowest Acceptance Rates |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/2017-03-16/10-medical-schools-with-the-lowest-acceptance-rates |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316165128/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/2017-03-16/10-medical-schools-with-the-lowest-acceptance-rates |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |access-date=August 27, 2017 |work=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref>