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Brown University

Private university in Providence, Rhode Island, US

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The university is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1765Founded1

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The story

Founded by James Manning, John Brown, Morgan Edwards and Moses Brown in 1765.1

Leadership

Who has led Brown University, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. Louis B Rice2010–now
197019801990200020102020
Board members and other officers (2)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Alpert Medical School
  • Annenberg Institute at Brown University
  • Bootstrap curriculum
  • Brown University Department of Comparative Literature
  • Brown University Department of English
  • Brown University Department of History
  • Brown University Graduate School
  • Brown University Library
  • Brown University School of Engineering
  • Brown University School of Public Health
  • Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
  • Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
  • Ladd Observatory
  • Orwig Music Library
  • Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
  • Watson School for International and Public Affairs
  • Women Writers Project

Also owns

  • Brown Stadium
  • Meehan Auditorium
  • Murray Stadium
  • Oliver Hazard Perry
  • Stevenson Field
  • The Brown Noser

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20204,6541

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Brown University revenue by year1$1.6B in 2024+52% since 2015
0$1.0B$2.0B$3.0B2015: $1.1B$1.1B20152016: $1.1B$1.1B2016+2%2017: $1.3B$1.3B2017+15%2018: $1.3B$1.3B2018+5%2019: $1.6B$1.6B2019+19%2020: $1.5B$1.5B2020−7%2021: $2.2B$2.2B2021+46%2022: $1.8B$1.8B2022−17%2023: $1.6B$1.6B2023−11%2024: $1.6B$1.6B2024+4%
  • 2024$1.6B1
  • 2023$1.6B1
  • 2022$1.8B1
  • 2021$2.2B1
  • 2020$1.5B1
  • 2019$1.6B1

Timeline

  1. 1765Founded Founded1

Sources

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