Brown University | Northwestern University | |
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Collegedunia Score | 6.7 Out of 10 | 7.3 Out of 10 |
ranking (overall) | # 9 US News 2024 # 64 Times Higher Education 2024 # 73 QS World University 2024 | # 9 US News 2024 # 28 Times Higher Education 2024 # 47 QS World University 2024 |
Subject Strength | # 63 for Engineering by US News 2024 # 35 for Medicine by US News 2024 # 101 for Law by Academy Ranking of World Universities 2021 | # 17 for Engineering by US News 2024 # 13 for Medicine by US News 2024 # 10 for Law by US News 2024 |
Programs | UG Programs -62 PG Programs -28 Doctorate Programs -7 | UG Programs -64 PG Programs -55 Doctorate Programs -10 |
Acceptance Rate | 9.3 % | 7.0 % |
Exam Score | IELTS-8 SAT-1500 TOEFL-100 | GMAT-660 IELTS-7.5 SAT-1440 TOEFL-95 |
Cost to Study | Average Tuition Fees 59254 [For UG Program] Average Tuition Fees 59254 [For PG Program] Hostel + Meal - 9774 Per Year | Average Tuition Fees 56286 [For UG Program] Average Tuition Fees 58032 [For PG Program] Hostel + Meal - 32094 Per Year |
placement (average package) | Brown University is one of the top private universities in Providence, United States. It is ranked #63 in QS World University Rankings 2023. It ranks #55 in the graduate employability rank Brown University Graduates & Alumni Salaries - By Degree Doctorate: $148,000 Bachelor of Science: $128,000 Bachelor of Arts: $115,000 PhD: $69,000 | 95% graduates employed within 6 months of graduation. Average annual salary of 82,000 USD; Top recruiters- United Airlines, Inc., IBM, Abbott Laboratories, Abbvie Inc. Highest paid degrees- Executive MBA (200,000 USD); MBA (160,000 USD); Executive Masters (125,000 USD); LLM (120,000 USD); Master of Arts (55,000 USD). |
application requirements | School Report; Counsellor’s recommendation for UG admission; Letters of Recommendation; Writing Sample | Counselor recommendation; 1 Teacher recommendation; Standardized test scores; English proficiency scores; 2-3 LORs; SOP; Resume; Additional documents (audition; portfolio; research paper, etc.) |
Campuses and B-Schools | NA | Kellogg School of Management |
CollegeDunia Reviews | 6.8/10 Read 1 reviews | 7.8/10 Read 4 reviews |
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General Facts | Brown University | Northwestern University |
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Type of University | University | University |
Established | 1764 | 1851 |
Student:Faculty Ratio | 11:1 | 6:1 |
Male:Female | 46% Male, 54% Female | 47% Male, 53% Female |
Location Facts | Campus is located in College Hill and Jewelry District; Main campus is situated on the east side of Campus Hill and has 235 buildings | 2 campuses that are 12 miles apart; Main campus is a 240-acre campus along the shores of Lake Michigan in Evanston, while law, medical, professional and Northwestern Memorial Hospital is located in downtown Chicago in Streeterville; Close to Magnificent Mile, the Museum of Contemporary Art and John Hancock Center. |
Library | One of the USA’s oldest library; has 6 million items including bound volumes, periodicals, maps, sheet music, digital objects, manuscripts, and electronic resources; 6 libraries ie. John D. Rockefeller Jr Library for humanities and social science, Science Library, John Hay Library for special collections, Orwig Music Library, Art Slide Library and Library Collections Annex | Northwestern University Libraries is a collection of 7,918,603 of total prints and volumes; 304 TB of digital content; 228,505 maps; 142,133 audio files; 125,052 graphic images; 100,560 films and videos; 27,336 linear feet of archives and manuscripts; 107,446 print journals and 173.089 electronic journals |
Campus Life | 38 varsity sports team having more than 900 student-athletes; Over 400 student organizations including Capella groups and community services, 4100 intramural sports participants and 60 public service groups; Main campus centuries-old-structures, labs and world-class ibraries | Intercampus shuttle runs between the Evanston and downtown Chicago campuses; Technological Institute; Pick-Staiger Concert Hall; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art |
Hostel | #On campus - $9774 | #Room & Board - $16047 #Room & Board - $16047 |
Famous Alumni | John Hay (US Secretary of State); Charles Evans Hughes (Chief Justice and US Secretary of State); John D Rockefeller Jr (philanthropist); Jim Yong Kim (World Bank President); Ted Turner (CNN founder and America’s Cup yachtsman); Dara Khosroswshahi (Uber CEO); Emma Watson (actress); Mary Chapin Carpenter (humorist); Samuel Gridley Howe (historian) | 19 Nobel Prize laureates, 23 National Medal of Science winners; 11 National Humanities Medal recipients; 1 Fields Medalist; 10 living billionaires; 84 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; 2 Supreme Court Justices; George McGovern (U.S. Senator and presidential candidate), George J. Stigler (Economist), Saul Bellow (Novelist), Ned Rorem (Composer), David Schwimmer (Actor); Meghan Markle (the Duchess of Sussex), Pharrell Williams (Musician) |
City Life | Providence is the capital city of Rhode Island; Originally was known as Providence Plantations; One of the first industrialized cities in the USA; known for textile manufacturing, machine tool, jewelry, and silverware industries; Unemployment rate was 4.1% in January 2020 | Evanston is a city in Cook County, Illinois; situated 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, Wilmette to the north, and Skokie to the west. Northwestern University is one of the top recruiters in the city. Evanston is considered a thriving business economy and has public lakefront recreation activities. The unemployment rate was 3.7% in March 2020. |
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