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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.

$53,888 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
39% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Brandeis University?

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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 Recommended
High School Rank Recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Brandeis?

39% Acceptance Rate
62% Of Accepted Are Women
40% Submit SAT Scores
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 36%, and the acceptance rate for women is 41%.

Average Test Scores

About 40% 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 670 and 750. Math scores were between 700 and 780.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Brandeis University  ( 670 to 750 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Brandeis University  ( 700 to 780 )
200
800
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 34. Composite scores were between 31 and 34.

ACT English Scores for Brandeis University  ( 32 to 35 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Brandeis University  ( 28 to 34 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Brandeis University  ( 31 to 34 )
1
36

Can I Afford Brandeis University?

$53,888 Net Price
27% Take Out Loans
0.6% Loan Default Rate
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.

The student loan default rate at Brandeis is 0.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Brandeis University Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,568 Full-Time Undergraduates
59% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 3,591 undergraduate students at Brandeis, with 3,568 being full-time and 23 being part-time.

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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.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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

380 Took All Classes Online
3,130 Took At Least One Class Online
169.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 3,130 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.

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Online Growth Rankings of Brandeis

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Brandeis University was 169.9%. This is the #200 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Brandeis regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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