<p>Brown University President Christina Paxson conferred 2,419 degrees, including 1,554 bachelor's degrees, 491 master's degrees, 318 terminal or professional degrees, and 56 honorary master’s and doctoral degrees at the University’s 245th Commencement Sunday, May 26, 2013. The Commencement program, including names of all degree recipients, is <a href="http://brown.edu/web/documents/commencement-program-2013.pdf">available online</a>. See also:<br />
Senior orators: <a href="http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/05/thaweethai">Thaweethai</a> and <a href="http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/05/mills">Mills</a> | <a href="http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/05/rosenberger">Rosenberger Medal</a> | <a href="http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/04/honoraries">Six honorary doctorates</a> | <a href="http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/05/davis">Joukowsky Dissertations</a> | <a href="http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/05/commissioning">Military commissions</a></br /></p>
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University conferred the following degrees during its 245th Commencement Sunday, May 26, 2013. Degrees were conferred during ceremonies at the First Baptist Meeting House (the College), in the First Unitarian Church (the Alpert Medical School), on Simmons Quadrangle (the Graduate School), and on the College Green (honorary degrees).
The full Commencement program, including the names of all degree recipients, is available online.
| |
Bachelor’s Degrees |
1,069
471
14
1,554 |
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science (A.B./Sc.B.)
SUBTOTAL bachelor’s degrees earned |
Master’s Degrees |
182
30
29
3
36
15
166
30
491 |
Master of Arts (A.M.)
Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.)
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Master of Public Affairs (M.P.A.)
Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)
Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.)
Master of Science (Sc.M.)
Master of Science in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Engineering (Sc.M. IMEE)
SUBTOTAL master’s degrees earned |
Terminal/Professional Degrees |
205
113
318 |
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
SUBTOTAL terminal/professional degrees earned |
2,363 |
TOTAL of all earned degrees |
Honorary Degrees |
6 50
56 |
Honorary Doctorates
Master of Arts, ad eundem
SUBTOTAL honorary degrees |
2,419 |
GRAND TOTAL of degrees to be conferred May 26, 2013 |