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What Brown costs

Providence, Rhode Island · Private · 7,226 undergrads

Brown's sticker price was $91,676 a year in 2024-25 (College Scorecard). Students with federal aid paid $26,976 on average after grants; families earning under $30,000 paid $39.

What does Brown cost?

$26,976 a year

What students who got federal aid paid on average after grants, 2024-25. The sticker price, with housing and food, is $91,676.

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Average paid after grants by family income
under $30,000$39
$30,000–$48,000$228
$48,000–$75,000$10,079
$75,000–$110,000$24,827
over $110,000$48,459

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Net price 2024-25, College Scorecard.

By family income

Families who got federal aid, average paid per year after grants, 2024-25.

Family incomeAverage paid
Under $30,000$39
$30,000–$48,000$228
$48,000–$75,000$10,079
$75,000–$110,000$24,827
Over $110,000$48,459

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For families earning under $30,000, grants took 99.9% off Brown's sticker price.

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Compared with colleges people also look at

For families earning $48,000–75,000, Brown cost more than Harvard, Yale and MIT.

CollegeFamilies earning $48–75kAll aided students
Brown$10,079$26,976
Harvard$4,126$19,148
Yale$854$11,340
MIT$4,283$14,815

The sticker price

$74,650
Tuition, 2025-26
$91,676
Full sticker price, tuition, housing, food, books
17%
of undergrads get a Pell Grant, the federal grant for lower-income students.
$61,392
average grant for students who got aid.
11%
of undergrads take a federal loan.
$14,567
median federal debt at graduation.

Questions people ask

How much does Brown University cost for a family earning $25,000?
Families earning under $30,000 paid $39 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $91,676. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Brown's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
How much does Brown University cost for a family earning $40,000?
Families earning $30,000–$48,000 paid $228 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $91,676. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Brown's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
How much does Brown University cost for a family earning $60,000?
Families earning $48,000–$75,000 paid $10,079 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $91,676. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Brown's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
Where these numbers come from

Updated Nov 5, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers