Brown University Student Population and Demographics

Brown Student Population

There are 11,956 students including 7,910 undergraduate and 4,046 graduate students at Brown University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 11,046 full-time and 910 part-time students with gender distribution of 5,703 male and 6,253 female students.

Brown University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 758 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Brown University has a total enrollment of 11,956 with a gender distribution of 47.70% male (5,703 students) and 52.30% female (6,253 students). There are 3,811 male and 4,099 female students in undergraduate school and 1,892 male and 2,154 female students are attending graduate school at Brown University.

Student Population By Gender
Brown University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	11,956	5,703	6,253
Undergraduate	7,910	3,811	4,099
Graduate	4,046	1,892	2,154
Full-time	11,046	5,397	5,649
Part-time	910	306	604

[Chart] Brown University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Brown University has 11,046 full-time and 910 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,192 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 718 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,854 students are full-time and 192 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Brown University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	11,956	11,046	910
Undergraduate	7,910	7,192	718
Graduate	4,046	3,854	192
Men	5,703	5,397	306
Women	6,253	5,649	604

[Chart] Brown University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Brown University, 758 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 238 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 11,956 students.

In undergraduate schools, 564 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 432 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Brown University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	11,956	7,910	4,046
Online Exclusively	758	357	401
In Some Online Classes	238	207	31
Not In Online Classes	10,960	7,346	3,614

[Chart] Brown University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Brown University. There are 24 American Indian/Native American, 3,542 White, 928 Black/African American, 2,131 Asian, 1,260 Hispanic, 10 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 660 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Brown University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	11,956	5,703	6,253
American Indian/Native American	24	11	13
Asian	2,131	1,060	1,071
Black/African American	928	358	570
Hispanic	1,260	545	715
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	3	7
White	3,542	1,833	1,709
Two More	756	319	437
Race Un-Known	835	341	494

[Chart] Brown UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Brown University.

Age Distribution
Brown University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	11,956	7,910	4,046
Under 18	395	395	0
Age 18-19	3,218	3,218	0
Age 20-21	3,524	3,449	75
Age 22-24	2,271	718	1,553
Age 25-29	1,616	94	1,522
Age 30-34	534	27	507
Age 35-39	187	3	184
Age 40-49	142	5	137
Age 50-64	67	1	66
Over 64	2	0	2
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Brown University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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