Graduate School

Facts about Doctoral and MFA Education at Brown

Graduate Programs

47

Doctoral

3

MFA

Graduate Students

1,496

Enrolled Doctoral and MFA Students

98 %

Doctoral

2 %

MFA

47 %

Female

53 %

Male

Admission for 2018-19

Doctoral and master's students only

11,682 %

Applications

2,267

Admitted

821

Matriculants

19 %

Selectivity, Overall

10.5 %

Selectivity, PhD

42 %

International

Funding

Ph.D. students are admitted based on merit and are automatically eligible for University financial support for five years of study, regardless of nationality.

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Data as of November 2025; additional data are available on the Office of Institutional Research website.