Brown+University

=EST. 1764 =

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 * =Brown at a Glance =

Brown University was founded in 1764. Brown is the third oldest institution of higher education in [|New England] and [|seventh oldest] in the United States.[|[5]] Brown was the first college in the nation to accept students regardless of religious affiliation.[|[] Brown owes its founding to the support of learning among a [|Baptist] Church association but in 1762, the Baptist Minister [|Morgan Edwards] was at first ridiculed for suggesting the founding of a college. In his Materials for a History of the Baptists in Rhode Island, Edwards wrote: "The first mover [Edwards, himself] for it [a Baptist college] in 1762 was laughed at as a projector of a thing impracticable. Nay, many of the Baptists themselves discouraged the design (prophesying evil to the churches in case it should take place) from an unhappy prejudice against learning."[|[1]] The charter had more than sixty signatories, including the brothers [|John], [|Nicholas] and [|Moses] of the [|Brown] family, who would later inspire the College's modern name following a gift bestowed by [|Nicholas Brown, Jr.] The college's mission, the charter stated, was to prepare students "for discharging the Offices of Life with u James Manning (October 22, 1738 – July 29, 1791) was an [|American] [|Baptist] minister and educator from [|Providence], [|Rhode Island] best known for being the first president of [|Brown University] and one of its most involved founders.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_University ||


 * = = || =Quick Facts: =

Enrollment:
Full-time students and part-time degree-seeking students as of Nov. 2013: Total faculty (does not include adjunct, visiting, clinical, and other "non-regular" faculty): 736
 * Undergraduate: 6,182
 * Graduate: 1,974
 * Medical: 463
 * Total: 8,619

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px;">Applicants:
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Number of applicants, Undergraduate Class of 2017: 28,919 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Admitted: 2,654 (9.2%) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Ninety-four percent of applicants to the Class of 2017 were in the top 10% of their high school class. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">In 2013, the Graduate School received more than 9,215 applications. Brown admitted 1,535, or 17% of applicants, yielding a matriculating class of 639. Selectivity for Ph.D. programs was 10%.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px;">Tuition and Fees:
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Undergraduate tuition for academic year 2013-14: $44,608 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Room, board, and required fees: $12,624 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Total cost: $57,232

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Reference: http://www.brown.edu/about/facts || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Top Picture: http://blogs.brown.edu/bulspecialcollections/files/2012/08/S.W.jpg