Fiscal Year 2021
Brown University Financial Report

By the Numbers

This at-a-glance summary provides an overview on Brown University’s financial, enrollment and faculty data for the most recent fiscal year in comparison to the one prior.

Brown by the Numbers... University Summary

(Fiscal years ended June 30)
FINANCIAL (dollars in millions) Fiscal Year 2021 Fiscal Year 2020
Principal revenue sources
Tuition and fees (net) $331 $399
Grants and contracts $236 $209
Endowment return appropriated $182 $160
Contributions $309 $236
Total investment return $2,387 $495
 
Principal purpose of expenditures
Instruction and departmental research $334 $363
Academic and student support $294 $265
 
Financial balance sheet
Total assets $9,793 $6,894
Total liabilities $1,979 $1,415
Net assets $7,814 $5,479
 
Fundraising
New gifts and pledges $431 $321
Cash $302 $251
 
STUDENTS Fiscal Year 2021 Fiscal Year 2020
Enrollment
Undergraduate students 6,792 7,160
Graduate students 2,561 2,576
Medical students 595 597
 
Degrees conferred
Bachelor’s degrees 1,563 1,743
Master’s degrees 752 733
Doctor of Philosophy 173 217
Doctor of Medicine 120 137
 
Annual tuition and required fees
Undergraduate $60,584 $58,404
Graduate $59,673 $58,180
Medical $66,088 $64,148
 
FACULTY Fiscal Year 2021 Fiscal Year 2020
Campus-based faculty (all ranks)* 791 786
Medical School faculty 606 599

*Campus-based faculty head counts include professor, associate and assistant professor, and lecturer and senior lecturer.