Enrollment Trends at Brown

The student population at Brown University is 11,189 (7,639 undergraduate and 3,550 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,304 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Brown is 68.27% which is increased by 1,204 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,100 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.08 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

207 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 9,888 where 11,189 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

68.27% of total students is undergraduate students and 31.73% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,204 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,100 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.08 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Brown.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Brown University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,885	6,435	3,045	3,390	2,450	1,212	1,238
2013-14	8,943 58	6,455 20	3,101 56	3,354 -36	2,488 38	1,246 34	1,242 4
2014-15	9,181 238	6,548 93	3,150 49	3,398 44	2,633 145	1,349 103	1,284 42
2015-16	9,458 277	6,652 104	3,126 -24	3,526 128	2,806 173	1,474 125	1,332 48
2016-17	9,781 323	6,926 274	3,233 107	3,693 167	2,855 49	1,500 26	1,355 23
2017-18	10,095 314	6,988 62	3,226 -7	3,762 69	3,107 252	1,614 114	1,493 138
2018-19	10,257 162	7,043 55	3,207 -19	3,836 74	3,214 107	1,681 67	1,533 40
2019-20	10,333 76	7,160 117	3,350 143	3,810 -26	3,173 -41	1,622 -59	1,551 18
2020-21	9,948 -385	6,792 -368	3,176 -174	3,616 -194	3,156 -17	1,564 -58	1,592 41
2021-22	10,696 748	7,349 557	3,536 360	3,813 197	3,347 191	1,674 110	1,673 81
2022-23	11,189 493	7,639 290	3,675 139	3,964 151	3,550 203	1,706 32	1,844 171
Average	9,888	6,908	3,257	3,651	2,980	1,513	1,467

Brown University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,908 where 7,639 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Brown University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,435	6,117	2,943	3,174	318	102	216
2013-14	6,455	6,168	2,998	3,170	287	103	184
2014-15	6,548	6,255	3,049	3,206	293	101	192
2015-16	6,652	6,318	3,015	3,303	334	111	223
2016-17	6,926	6,565	3,136	3,429	361	97	264
2017-18	6,988	6,666	3,148	3,518	322	78	244
2018-19	7,043	6,735	3,118	3,617	308	89	219
2019-20	7,160	6,826	3,257	3,569	334	93	241
2020-21	6,792	6,605	3,118	3,487	187	58	129
2021-22	7,349	7,082	3,455	3,627	267	81	186
2022-23	7,639	7,189	3,538	3,651	450	137	313
Average	6,908	6,908	3,161	3,432	6,908	95	219

Brown University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,980 where 3,550 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Brown University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,450	2,303	1,150	1,153	147	62	85
2013-14	2,488	2,359	1,200	1,159	129	46	83
2014-15	2,633	2,501	1,308	1,193	132	41	91
2015-16	2,806	2,576	1,367	1,209	230	107	123
2016-17	2,855	2,631	1,384	1,247	224	116	108
2017-18	3,107	2,829	1,461	1,368	278	153	125
2018-19	3,214	2,913	1,517	1,396	301	164	137
2019-20	3,173	2,915	1,490	1,425	258	132	126
2020-21	3,156	3,008	1,507	1,501	148	57	91
2021-22	3,347	3,174	1,594	1,580	173	80	93
2022-23	3,550	3,396	1,633	1,763	154	73	81
Average	2,980	2,980	1,419	1,363	2,980	94	104

Brown University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 34.60% and the percentage of black students is 7.80% at Brown University. 15.99% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Brown University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	23	1,013	488	814	6	3,932	340
2013-14	27	1,036	513	860	9	3,792	371
2014-15	26	1,099	550	894	13	3,886	376
2015-16	29	1,154	565	912	11	3,846	435
2016-17	35	1,266	573	973	13	3,998	461
2017-18	34	1,324	590	996	13	4,175	480
2018-19	31	1,383	621	1,040	12	4,141	522
2019-20	27	1,493	672	1,021	14	4,097	518
2020-21	31	1,569	700	1,019	13	3,880	536
2021-22	33	1,659	791	1,089	15	4,044	640
2022-23	35	1,789	873	1,162	14	3,871	702
Average	30	1,344	631	980	12	3,969	489

Brown University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

207 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Brown University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,181	0	0	9,181
2015-16	9,458	0	0	9,458
2016-17	9,781	0	0	9,781
2017-18	10,095	0	0	10,095
2018-19	10,257	0	0	10,257
2019-20	10,333	0	0	10,333
2020-21	9,948	5,520	3,106	1,322
2021-22	10,696	74	1,403	9,219
2022-23	11,189	207	381	10,601
Average	10,104	645	543	8,916

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