On Wednesday evening, Brown welcomed 890 of 5,406 early decision applicants to the class of 2030 “as the campus works to heal” from Saturday’s mass shooting, according to a University press release.
With 16.5% of prospective students admitted, the class of 2030 has a slightly lower acceptance rate than last year’s 17.9%. The class of 2027 saw the lowest early decision acceptance rate at 13%.
The University did not share the number of applicants that were deferred, rejected or who withdrew their applications.
The total number of early decision applications for the class of 2030 increased by nearly 400 from the class of 2029. This year’s cohort of admitted students is smaller than the 906 new Brunonians admitted early decision for the class of 2029.
Fifty-two students were admitted through the QuestBridge program for low-income and first-generation students, a decrease from the class of 2029’s 90 accepted Questbridge scholars. The number of students admitted through QuestBridge dropped for the first time in over a decade.
Of the Brunonians admitted to the class of 2030, 453 attended public schools, 333 attended private schools, 100 attended religious schools and four were homeschooled.
