Brown ranks among nation’s top universities

For student experience, Brown landed the No. 1 U.S. News ranking for "Writing in the Disciplines" for the seventh year in a row, No. 15 for "Best Value" and No. 2 for "Undergraduate Teaching," up one spot from last year. U.S. News also ranked Brown No. 3 for "Best Colleges for Veterans," which recognizes affordability and support for students who are military veterans and active-duty service members, and No. 5 for "First-year Experiences," up three spots from last year, among other ratings based on student experience and academic program attributes.

In the U.S. News "Best Graduate Schools " 2025-26 guide, the University received a broad array of recognitions in computer science, economics, public health and more, including the No. 4 spot nationally for Brown's doctoral program in applied mathematics, No. 6 for its Ph.D. in Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, and No. 8 for its doctoral program in English.

Additional U.S. News and World Report rankings placed Brown at No. 11 for undergraduate economics, No. 4 for the University's senior capstone, and No. 8 for service learning, up two spots from last year.

Recognitions for research, teaching and career preparation

In other rankings, Forbes placed Brown at No. 18 on "America's Top Colleges" list, which recognizes schools where students from all economic backgrounds graduate on time, secure high salaries after graduation and complete degrees with little student debt. PitchBook ranked Brown No. 24 globally for graduating the most entrepreneurs who have raised venture capital in the last decade in its 2025 "University Rankings."

Princeton Review's "Best 391 Colleges: 2026 Edition" ranked Brown No. 7 nationally for "Best Quality of Life" for attributes including friendliness, safety, location and students' overall happiness. The list highlighted Brown's emphasis on undergraduate academic freedom and signature Open Curriculum, a culture that supports the open exchange of ideas, and engaging and dedicated faculty members who are "at the top of their fields and are working on research that pushes those fields forward." Princeton Review also ranked Brown No. 4 for "Best College Theater" and No. 7 for "Making an Impact." Brown made the list of "Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting," ranked by All In, which recognizes colleges and universities that advance nonpartisan democratic engagement. And the 2025 "Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings< /a>" - which measure how much scholars contribute to public discussions of education - included six Brown faculty members among a list of the top 200 higher education scholars at U.S. universities.