unitid 165015 · Waltham, MA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (small)
Brandeis University
- enrollment 2023
- 6,121
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
41%
13th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
3,618
89th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
15%
undergrads on Pell grants
11th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
86%
finish within 150% time
92nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$86,448
97th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$35,736
after aid, aided students
90th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$77,231
after entry, Title IV students
89th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$25,648
66th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $13,363 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $72,612
- First-generation students
- 16%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $68,080
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.0× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biology, General. | 170 | $66,306 | $25,484 |
| Economics. | 141 | $100,387 | $25,295 |
| Economics. | 112 | $95,221 | — |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 111 | $96,146 | $26,000 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 109 | — | $26,787 |
| Public Policy Analysis. | 101 | $68,486 | $25,000 |
| Applied Mathematics. | 96 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 92 | $132,874 | $26,142 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 92 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 86 | $101,472 | — |
| Public Policy Analysis. | 74 | $91,095 | — |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 68 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.