Brown to confer 2,630 degrees at Sunday's Commencement

At its 248th Commencement on Sunday, May 29, Brown University will confer a total of 2,630 degrees in all categories — undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University will confer the following degrees at its 248th Commencement exercises Sunday, May 29, 2016. Degrees will be 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 — doctoral ceremony), on Pembroke Field (the Graduate School — master's ceremony) and on the College Green (University ceremony). Undergraduates will receive their individual diplomas at departmental ceremonies following the University ceremony.

Bachelor's Degrees

1,071

Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)

508

Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)

12

Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science (A.B./Sc.B.)

1,591

SUBTOTAL bachelor's degrees earned

Master’s Degrees

157

Master of Arts (A.M.)

45

Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.)

30

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

48

Master of Public Affairs (M.P.A.)

30

Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)

11

Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.)

215

Master of Science (Sc.M.)

31

Master of Science in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Engineering (Sc.M. IMEE)

29

Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership

30

Executive Master of Business Administration (Brown-IE Business School)

626

SUBTOTAL master’s degrees earned

Terminal/Professional Degrees

235

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

116

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

351

SUBTOTAL terminal/professional degrees earned

Honorary Degrees

8

Honorary Doctorates

54

Master of Arts, ad eundem

62

SUBTOTAL honorary degrees

GRAND TOTAL

2,630

degrees to be conferred May 29, 2016