At its 247th Commencement Sunday, May 24, 2015, Brown University conferred a total of 2,530 degrees in all categories — undergraduate, graduate, medical, and honorary.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University conferred the following degrees at its 247th Commencement exercises Sunday, May 24, 2015. Degrees were conferred during ceremonies at the Meeting House of the First Baptist in America (the College), in the First Unitarian Church (the Alpert Medical School), on Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle (the Graduate School), and on the College Green (University ceremony).

Undergraduates received their individual diplomas at departmental ceremonies following the University ceremony.

  

Bachelor’s Degrees

1,125
504
12

1,641

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

171
40
28
11
46
16
153
28
 
27

520

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)
Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership

SUBTOTAL master’s degrees earned

Terminal/Professional Degrees

215
106

321

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

SUBTOTAL terminal/professional degrees earned

2,482

TOTAL of all earned degrees

 

Honorary Degrees

6
42

48

Honorary Doctorates
Master of Arts, ad eundem

SUBTOTAL honorary degrees

2,530

GRAND TOTAL of degrees to be conferred May 24, 2015