September 25, 2016

Brown University is a private, Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1764 as "The College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. At its foundation, Brown was the first college in the United States to accept students regardless of their religious affiliation. Undergraduate admissions is highly selective, with an acceptance rate of 9% for the class of 2020, according to the university.