Graduate Programs & Tuition at Brown University

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

It offers 141 graduate programs - 85 Master's, 53 Doctorate, and 3 Post-bachelor's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $69,948.

A total of 4,046 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 11,956 students at Brown. Brown offers online graduate programs and 401 out of 4,046 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 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $69,948. It offers 141 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 Students3,775 students
401 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2024-2025)$69,948
Student to Faculty6:1 (16.67%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 141 Graduate Programs
85 Master's, 53 Doctorate, 3 Post graduate certificates

2025 Graduate Program Tuition at Brown University

The following tables describe 2024-2025 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 $69,948 for prospective students.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $2,144.

2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
Amounts
Tuition$68,612
Fees$1,336
Cost per Credit$2,144
Room & Board$17,444 (On-Campus)
Personal Expenses$2,820 (On-Campus)
On-Campus Total$90,212
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
2020-20212021-20222022-20232023-20242024-2025
Tuition & Fees$60,363$62,083$63,866$67,006$69,948

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Brown University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 141 major areas - 85 Master's (1 online programs), 53 Doctorate, 3 Post-Bachelor's. 1,187 students have been conferred Master's degree and 386 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
Total1,187386--
Men594201--
Women593185--

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.

ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
African Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
American/United States Studies/Civilization4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Slavic Studies1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
French Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
German Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Italian Studies2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mass Communication/Media Studies3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science173 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance17ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Bilingual and Multilingual Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Urban Education and Leadership22 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Elementary Education and Teaching NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
English/Language Arts Teacher Education6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mathematics Teacher Education6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social Studies Teacher Education8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering84 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering30 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Engineering1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials Engineering4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Industrial Engineering20 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Computer Engineering26 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Creative Writing13 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biochemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Pathology/Experimental Pathology1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Molecular Pharmacology1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biostatistics19 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computational Biology2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biotechnology50 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Epidemiology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Neuroscience1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Applied Mathematics22 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics and Computer Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Science, Technology and Society46 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Behavioral Sciences28 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ancient Studies/Civilization NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cognitive Science2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computational Science15 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Data Science, General44 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Religion/Religious Studies1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry16 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics56 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Experimental Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Policy Analysis68 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods155 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Anthropology7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Archeology1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics14 NOT OFFER
Development Economics and International Development NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Playwriting and Screenwriting2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Acting7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Directing and Theatrical Production1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art History, Criticism and Conservation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Musicology and Ethnomusicology2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Technology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Medical Scientist40 NOT OFFER
Clinical and Translational Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health/Medical Physics4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Community Health and Preventive Medicine12 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
International Public Health/International Health NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health Services Administration25 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management46 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History12 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
African Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
American/United States Studies/Civilization NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Slavic Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
French Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
German Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Italian Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mass Communication/Media Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences 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
Biostatistics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computational Biology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biotechnology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Epidemiology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Neuroscience NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Applied Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Religion/Religious Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Experimental Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Anthropology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Archeology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art History, Criticism and Conservation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Musicology and Ethnomusicology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Technology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
MedicineNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

Brown graduate schools have a total of 3,775 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 1,766 male and 2,009 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 3,612 full-time and 163 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 401 students enrolled through online exclusively and 31 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 1,115 White, 325 Black, and 444 Asian students are attending at Brown University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

75 grad students are younger than 22 and 205 students are older than 65. It has 3,075 students aged between 22 and 30 and 691 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total3,775
Men1,766
Women2,009
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total3,775
Full-time Students3,612
Part-time Students163
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total3,775
American Indian /
Native American
9
Asian444
Black325
Hispanic324
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
1
White1,115
Two or more races150
Un-Known152
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total3,775
21 & Under75
22-241,553
25-291,522
30-34507
35-39184
40 & Over205

Online Population

At Brown University graduate schools, 401 students enrolled online exclusively and 31 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment4,046
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses401
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses31
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses3,614
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses401
Rhode Island Resident43
Other State In U.S.348
Outside of U.S.10
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