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Schools and Enrollment

Schools and Colleges of the University

Enrollments, by legal sex (fall 2021)

School Male Female Total
School of Arts and Sciences (Undergraduate)
1,456
2,135
3,591
Brandeis International Business School 193 212 405
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 364 399 763
Heller School for Social Policy and Management 174 301 475
Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Graduate Professional Studies 124 200 324

Enrollments, by ethnicity (fall 2021)

Ethnicity
Undergraduate
Graduate
American Indian* 0.1% 0.2%
Asian-American 17.3% 7.7%
Black or African American 5.9% 5.9%
Hispanic of any race 8.2% 6.3%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
0.2%
 0.1%
Not specified 3.0% 4.3%
Two or more races
1.6%
 1.2%
White, non-Hispanic 43.5% 39.5%

* Includes Alaska Natives

International student profile (fall 2021)

International students Undergraduate Graduate
Percent who are international
20.2%
34.8%
Countries represented 58 84
Top 10 countries (non-U.S.) represented
  1. China
  2. India
  3. Vietnam
  4. Canada
  5. Taiwan
  6. Japan
  7. Hong Kong
  8. Korea
  9. Israel
  10. Brazil
  1. China
  2. India
  3. Nigeria
  4. Taiwan
  5. Korea
  6. Vietnam
  7. Israel
  8. Pakistan
  9. Egypt
  10. Ghana

First-year student enrollment (fall 2021)

  • 9,796 applications
  • 39% acceptance rate
  • 943 enrolled
  • 25% yield
  • SAT (25-75 Percentile): 1390-1500
    • Evidence-based Reading and Writing: 670-750
    • Math: 700-780
  • Average GPA: 3.84

Student body characteristics (fall 2021)

  • 91% of undergraduate first-year students return for their sophomore year.
  • 88% graduate within six years.
  • 67% of non-international undergraduates are from out of state.
  • 20% of all undergraduates are international students.
  • The average age of an undergraduate is 20.