Brown University acceptance rate, SAT range and net price

Brown already counts the Class of 2030

Brown's Common Data Set lives in an interactive dashboard that cannot be read without a browser, so this page uses the admission office's own count of the newest class instead. For fall 2026 it received 47,944 applications and made 2,687 offers, 5.60%. Of those offers, 889 went out in December through binding Early Decision, about a third of the class. Early Decision closes November 1; Regular Decision closes January 5, with answers by early April.

Brown also fills two small programs from separate pools. The Brown|RISD Dual Degree, shared with the Rhode Island School of Design, drew 856 applicants for 20 places. The Program in Liberal Medical Education, an eight-year path into medicine, drew 4,687 applicants for 50 places. Both are far harder to enter than Brown itself.

Brown: where your SAT score lands

Your SAT total

Enrolled students scoring below you (approx.)

50%

Middle 50%	1,470 to 1,550
Your score is	inside the middle 50%

Fall 2026 entering class (Class of 2030), Class of 2030 admitted students who submitted scores, middle 50% (Brown Admission by the Numbers). Normal curve fitted to the two published percentiles.

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Scores of admitted students, not enrolled ones

The range 1,470 to 1,550 published by Brown describes admitted students who sent the SAT, not the smaller group who enrolled, so it is not directly comparable with the enrolled ranges shown on other pages of this site. The ACT range is 34 to 36. Brown requires one of the two tests from every first-year applicant since the 2024-25 cycle, superscores both, and treats the SAT essay and ACT writing as optional.

The Brown Promise in numbers

Brown is need-blind and meets full demonstrated need, and The Brown Promise removed packaged loans from every undergraduate aid offer. For the Class of 2030, 51% of students received a need-based scholarship or grant. The 2026-27 budget for an incoming student is $74,568 of tuition, $3,084 of fees, $19,464 for housing and food and $2,878 of personal costs, for $99,994. Books are not a separate line, since most scholarship students take part in a course materials program.

Brown: net price for your family income

Family income per year

$

Average net price, 2023-24

$5,858

Income band	$48,001-$75,000
Share of the 2023-24 cost	7%

Federal figure for first-year students on federal aid.

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What the federal averages say about middle incomes

In 2023-24, families between $48,001 and $75,000 paid $5,858 on average and families between $75,001 and $110,000 paid $16,219, against a federal cost of attendance of $87,648 that year. Above $110,000 the average jumps to $44,937, a band where many families receive little or no grant. The net price calculator applies these bands to your own income, and Dartmouth, Yale and Columbia are the closest comparisons on price and odds.