Graduate School
Facts about Doctoral and MFA Education at Brown
Graduate Programs
47
Doctoral
3
MFA
Graduate Students
1,705
Enrolled Doctoral and MFA Students
98 %
Doctoral
2 %
MFA
54 %
Female
46 %
Male
Admission for 2024-25
Doctoral and MFA students only
11,141
Applications
721
Admitted
350
Matriculants
6.5 %
Selectivity, Overall
7 %
Selectivity, PhD
39 %
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.
Data as of November 2025; additional data are available on the Office of Institutional Research website.