Undergraduate Financial Aid

The Brown Promise

The Brown Promise initiative eliminates packaged loans from all undergraduate financial aid offers.

An Estimated Financial Aid Offer Example

A family of four with one student attending Brown as an incoming freshman in 2023-24, with a total parent income of $57,200 and assets of $68,000, could expect the following estimated demonstrated financial need.

Demonstrated Financial Need
Cost of AttendanceParent ContributionStudent Contribution=Need
$87,648 $0 $2,700 $84,948

Using the example demonstrated financial need of the same family of four above, the following estimated financial aid could be expected.

Estimated Financial Aid  to Meet Need
Student Work+Scholarship=Total Award  
$2,950 $81,998 $84,948