Brown Tuition: $53,156, a 3.5% increase

Brown Tuition: $53,156, a 3.5% increase

Brown University's Corporation approved a new budget and a new tuition cost structure. The undergraduate cost in 2011-12 academic year will be $53,156 - a 3.5% increase in cost. The overall University budget increased 6.4%. 

Total Spend

According to a release issued by Brown over the weekend, the University's total budget for fiscal year 2012 is $88.2 million, an increase of $6.7 million from the current year.

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Financial Aid and Support

Brown also disclosed that its support of its students had grown since fiscal year 2002 when the average University scholarship was $16,288 and in this current year the average scholarship support is $31,292.

According to Brown, 43% of undergraduates receive need-based financial aid. In the 2001-02 academic year, that figure was 35%. 

In the statement released, Brown President Ruth J. Simmons said, "The budget approved today will make significant investments in key University priorities, including improved support for students, faculty and staff, enhancements for the Graduate School and the Alpert Medical School, and increased research capacity.”