How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
Brown University admits about 5.4% of applicants, making it one of the most selective universities in the country. Among admitted students who submitted scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,510 and 1,580 on the SAT or between 34 and 35 on the ACT (interquartile range). 13.8% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 17.0% are first-generation college students — a comparatively narrow slice of the low-income population relative to broad-access institutions. Transfer enrollment is limited, at 8.2% of the student body. Azimuth ranks Brown University #334 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access ranking reflects the structural constraint that a highly selective admission funnel imposes: the number of Pell-eligible and first-generation students Brown University enrolls is limited relative to institutions that admit larger shares of their applicant pools, even when per-student outcomes are strong. For graduates from low-income backgrounds, median earnings reach $96,800 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing Brown University in the 99.2 percentile for low-income graduate median earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 95.7%, with Pell-eligible students completing at 92.3%. Azimuth ranks Brown University #249 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. The pattern that Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale surfaces is clear here: low-income students who gain admission complete at high rates and achieve median earnings that rank among the strongest in the country — but the institution's admission scale limits how many students benefit from that pathway.
Brown University admits about 5.4% of applicants, making it one of the most selective universities in the country. Among admitted students who submitted scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,510 and 1,580 on the SAT or between 34 and 35 on the ACT (interquartile range). 13.8% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 17.0% are first-generation college students — a comparatively narrow slice of the low-income population relative to broad-access institutions. Transfer enrollment is limited, at 8.2% of the student body. Azimuth ranks Brown University #334 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access ranking reflects the structural constraint that a highly selective admission funnel imposes: the number of Pell-eligible and first-generation students Brown University enrolls is limited relative to institutions that admit larger shares of their applicant pools, even when per-student outcomes are strong. For graduates from low-income backgrounds, median earnings reach $96,800 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing Brown University in the 99.2 percentile for low-income graduate median earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 95.7%, with Pell-eligible students completing at 92.3%. Azimuth ranks Brown University #249 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. The pattern that Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale surfaces is clear here: low-income students who gain admission complete at high rates and achieve median earnings that rank among the strongest in the country — but the institution's admission scale limits how many students benefit from that pathway.
Brown University admits about 5.4% of applicants, making it one of the most selective universities in the country. Among admitted students who submitted scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,510 and 1,580 on the SAT or between 34 and 35 on the ACT (interquartile range). 13.8% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 17.0% are first-generation college students — a comparatively narrow slice of the low-income population relative to broad-access institutions. Transfer enrollment is limited, at 8.2% of the student body. Azimuth ranks Brown University #334 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access ranking reflects the structural constraint that a highly selective admission funnel imposes: the number of Pell-eligible and first-generation students Brown University enrolls is limited relative to institutions that admit larger shares of their applicant pools, even when per-student outcomes are strong. For graduates from low-income backgrounds, median earnings reach $96,800 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing Brown University in the 99.2 percentile for low-income graduate median earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 95.7%, with Pell-eligible students completing at 92.3%. Azimuth ranks Brown University #249 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. The pattern that Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale surfaces is clear here: low-income students who gain admission complete at high rates and achieve median earnings that rank among the strongest in the country — but the institution's admission scale limits how many students benefit from that pathway.
