Brandeis University Teaching Programs

Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, Brandeis University is a private not-for-profit institution. Waltham is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Brandeis University?

Contact details for Brandeis are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	415 South St, Waltham, MA 02454-9110
Phone:	781-736-2000
Website:	www.brandeis.edu

How Do I Get Into Brandeis?

You can apply to Brandeis online at: https://www.brandeis.edu/admissions/apply/index.html

Admission Requirements for Brandeis

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Brandeis?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Brandeis. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 39%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 35%, and the acceptance rate for women is 42%.

Average Test Scores

About 39% of students accepted to Brandeis submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 680 and 750. Math scores were between 690 and 780.

Brandeis received ACT scores from 17% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 32 and 35. Math scores were between 28 and 0. Composite scores were between 31 and 34.

Can I Afford Brandeis University?

The overall average net price of Brandeis is $53,888. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Brandeis, approximately 27% of students took out student loans averaging $6,416 a year. That adds up to $25,664 over four years for those students.

Brandeis University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,591 undergraduate students at Brandeis, with 3,568 being full-time and 23 being part-time.

There are also 1,967 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,568 full-time undergraduates at Brandeis, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Brandeis University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	620
Black or African American	211
Hispanic or Latino	293
White	1,551
International Students	723
Other Races/Ethnicities	170

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Brandeis University. At this time, 44 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 101 countries are represented at Brandeis. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Brandeis University

In 2022-2023, 2,160 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Brandeis has changed over the last few years.

Brandeis University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Education	17	0	17
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	12	12
Secondary Education	0	12	12
Elementary Education	0	7	7
Modern Language Education	0	3	3
TOTAL	17	34	51

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Mike Lovett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.