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Matriculation A-
Academics A-
Extracurriculars A
Community A+
Reviews B+
Founded in 1784, Moses Brown is an independent, college preparatory school, enrolling 765 boys and girls, nursery through grade 12. The school's founder — an innovative thinker, philanthropist, and entrepreneur named Moses Brown — envisioned a progressive school that defined excellence. Today, his school continues to help children reach their full potential, academically, spiritually, and athletically.

The MB community is committed to the following:

We engage all constituents in the collaborative process of nurturing students’ growth and supporting their aspirations. We foster self-discovery, learning for its own sake, resourcefulness, and compassion.
Friends Education: Promoting academic excellence, scholarship, and service to others within the framework of a vigorous curriculum, a broad offering of arts and athletics, and a life strongly rooted in the Quaker practices of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship.
Leadership and Character: Fostering personal achievement and fulfillment, guiding all members of the school community to become informed, compassionate, and engaged global citizens, capable of leading in an ever-changing world.
Community: Building a diverse community that respects all voices, perspectives, and cultures. Honoring the intrinsic value of each person influences our decision making, connects us in essential ways, and merits our full attention.
Reflection and Discovery: Creating an atmosphere that promotes reflection and joy in learning — one that inspires students to accept challenges, take pride in their accomplishments, and discover their missions in the world.
Sustainability: Instilling a respect for the right sharing of the earth’s resources by demonstrating regard for the environment, both locally and globally.
Wellness: Developing our students’ personal, social, and physical well-being through individual and collaborative experiences that promote a healthy community and school culture.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$48330
Enrollment
427
International Students
3.7%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
70%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:8
AP
18
Average SAT Score
1320
Average ACT Score
30
Class Size
14

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2021-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#2 Columbia University 1 +
#2 Harvard College 1 +
#5 Yale University 1 +
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 +
#9 Northwestern University 1 +
#14 Brown University 1 +
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 +
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
#21 Emory University 1 +
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 +
#23 Georgetown University 1 +
#23 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 1 +
LAC #5 Wellesley College 1 +
#27 University of Southern California 1 +
#28 New York University 1 +
#28 Tufts University 1 +
#28 Wake Forest University 1 +
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 1 +
LAC #6 United States Naval Academy 1 +
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 +
#34 University of Rochester 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 +
LAC #8 Claremont McKenna College 1 +
#42 Boston University 1 +
#42 Brandeis University 1 +
#42 Tulane University 1 +
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 +
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 +
#49 Lehigh University 1 +
#49 Northeastern University 1 +
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 +
#49 Purdue University 1 +
#49 Villanova University 1 +
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#55 University of Miami 1 +
#57 Penn State University Park 1 +
#59 Syracuse University 1 +
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 1 +
#63 George Washington University 1 +
#63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 +
LAC #13 Hamilton College 1 +
#68 Fordham University 1 +
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 +
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 +
#72 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 +
#72 Reed College 1 +
#72 Sarah Lawrence College 1 +
#75 Clemson University 1 +
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 +
#79 American University 1 +
#79 North Carolina State University 1 +
LAC #16 Haverford College 1 +
#83 Elon University 1 +
#83 Howard University 1 +
LAC #17 Barnard College 1 +
LAC #17 Colby College 1 +
LAC #17 Colgate University 1 +
LAC #17 Wesleyan University 1 +
#89 Stonehill College 1 +
#93 University of Delaware 1 +
#93 University of Denver 1 +
#103 Clark University 1 +
#103 Drexel University 1 +
#103 University of San Francisco 1 +
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
LAC #22 University of Richmond 1 +
LAC #22 Vassar College 1 +
#111 Drew University 1 +
#111 Ohio Wesleyan University 1 +
#115 Fairfield University 1 +
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 +
#117 University of Vermont 1 +
#122 Chapman University 1 +
LAC #25 Bates College 1 +
LAC #27 Macalester College 1 +
#137 University of Alabama 1 +
#148 San Diego State University 1 +
LAC #30 Mount Holyoke College 1 +
#151 Colorado State University 1 +
#166 Quinnipiac University 1 +
LAC #35 College of the Holy Cross 1 +
LAC #35 Pitzer College 1 +
LAC #36 Oberlin College 1 +
#182 University of Rhode Island 1 +
LAC #38 Lafayette College 1 +
LAC #38 Skidmore College 1 +
#202 Loyola University New Orleans 1 +
LAC #46 Furman University 1 +
LAC #46 Trinity College 1 +
#234 Suffolk University 1 +
LAC #50 Connecticut College 1 +
LAC #50 Dickinson College 1 +
LAC #61 Gettysburg College 1 +
Babson College 1 +
Bentley University 1 +
Berklee College of Music 1 +
Bowling Green State University: Firelands College 1 +
Bryant University 1 +
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo 1 +
Coastal Carolina University 1 +
Eastern Michigan University 1 +
Emerson College 1 +
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Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering 1 +
Ithaca College 1 +
La Sierra University 1 +
Maine College of Art 1 +
Marist College 1 +
Plymouth State University 1 +
Providence College 1 +
Queens University of Charlotte 1 +
Roger Williams University 1 +
Rollins College 1 +
Savannah College of Art and Design 1 +
University of St. Andrews 1 +
University of Tampa 1 +
Wentworth Institute of Technology 1 +
Wheaton College-Norton-MA 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2020-2022 2020 2019 2018 Total
All schools 62 64 34 38 23
#1 Princeton University 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 1 + 2
#2 Harvard College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#2 Columbia University 1 + 1 2
#5 Yale University 1 + 1 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#6 University of Chicago 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 1 2
#12 Dartmouth College 1 1 + 1 + 3
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#14 Brown University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#17 Cornell University 1 + 1 1 + 3
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#21 Emory University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 1
#23 University of Michigan 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 5
#23 Georgetown University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 5
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1 1 +admitted 3
#25 University of Virginia 1 + 1 1 + 3
#27 University of Southern California 1 + 1 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#28 Wake Forest University 1 + 1 2
#28 Tufts University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 5
#28 New York University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#34 University of Rochester 1 + 1 2
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1 2
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 + 1 2
#36 Boston College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 5
#37 Case Western Reserve University 1 +admitted 1
#42 Brandeis University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 5
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1 1 +admitted 3
#42 Boston University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 5
#42 Tulane University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 5
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 + 1 1 + 3
#49 Lehigh University 1 + 1 2
#49 Villanova University 1 + 1 1 + 3
#49 Northeastern University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 5
#49 Purdue University 1 + 1
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 + 1 1 + 3
#55 University of Miami 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 1 + 3
#57 Penn State University Park 1 + 1 1 + 3
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 1 + 1 1 + 3
#59 Syracuse University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#62 Rutgers University 1 + 1
#63 George Washington University 1 + 1 1 + 3
#63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#67 University of Connecticut 1 1 + 2
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 + 1 1 +admitted 3
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#68 Fordham University 1 + 1 1 + 3
#75 Clemson University 1 + 1 2
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1 2
#79 American University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#79 North Carolina State University 1 + 1 2
#83 Howard University 1 + 1 2
#83 Elon University 1 + 1 1 + 3
#84 Michigan State University 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#93 University of Denver 1 + 1 2
#93 University of Delaware 1 + 1
#97 Texas Christian University 1 + 1
#103 Drexel University 1 + 1 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#103 Clark University 1 + 1
#103 University of San Francisco 1 + 1 2
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 1 + 3
#104 Temple University 1 + 1
#105 University of Utah 1 1 + 2
#115 Loyola University Chicago 1 1
#115 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 1 + 2
#117 University of Vermont 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 5
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 + 1 2
#122 Chapman University 1 + 1 1 + 3
#137 University of Alabama 1 + 1 2
#137 University of New Hampshire 1 1 + 1 + 3
#148 San Diego State University 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2020-2022 2020 2019 2018 Total
All schools 26 28 17 14 14
#1 Williams College 1 + 1 2
#2 Amherst College 1 1 + 2
#4 Middlebury College 1 +admitted 1
#5 Wellesley College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#6 United States Naval Academy 1 + 1 2
#6 Bowdoin College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#8 Claremont McKenna College 1 + 1
#11 Smith College 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#13 Hamilton College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 5
#15 Davidson College 1 1 + 2
#16 Haverford College 1 + 1 1 +admitted 3
#17 Wesleyan University 1 + 1 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#17 Barnard College 1 + 1 2
#17 Colby College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#17 Colgate University 1 + 1 1 + 3
#22 University of Richmond 1 + 1
#22 Vassar College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 5
#25 Bates College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#27 Macalester College 1 + 1 2
#27 Kenyon College 1 + 1
#27 Colorado College 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#30 Mount Holyoke College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#35 Pitzer College 1 + 1 2
#35 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 5
#36 Oberlin College 1 + 1 2
#37 Bucknell University 1 1 + 1 +admitted 3
#37 Occidental College 1 1 + 2
#38 Skidmore College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#38 Lafayette College 1 + 1 2
#38 Union College 1 +admitted 1
#43 Denison University 1 + 1
#46 Furman University 1 + 1
#46 Trinity College 1 + 1 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#50 Connecticut College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#50 Dickinson College 1 + 1 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#60 Bard College 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#61 Gettysburg College 1 + 1 1 + 1 +admitted 4
Union College 1 1 + 2

Academics

AP

(18)
Biology
Calculus BC
Chemistry
English Literature and Composition
Environmental Science
French Language and Culture
Biology
Calculus BC
Chemistry
English Literature and Composition
Environmental Science
French Language and Culture
Latin
Physics 1
Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics
Computer Science Principles
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Art History
Music Theory
Calculus AB
Computer Science A
United States Government and Politics
Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Sports

(19)
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Field Hockey
American Football
Golf
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Field Hockey
American Football
Golf
Ice Hockey
Lacrosse
Sailing
Soccer
Softball
Squash
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Wrestling
Dance
Diving
Track and Field
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(24)
Chess Club
Debate Team
Engineering Club
Ethics Bowl
Ethics Club
Future Scientists Club
Chess Club
Debate Team
Engineering Club
Ethics Bowl
Ethics Club
Future Scientists Club
Math Team MBe an Entrepreneur Club
MB Sweets
Mock Trial
Model UN
Philosophy Club
Pre Med MD MB Club Psychology Club
Public Speaking Club
Robotics Team
Students Against Destructive Decisions Science Olympiad
Students Encouraging Equality and Diversity
Culture Clubs
Chinese Club
French Club Jewish Culture Club
The Arts
Drama Club
Improv We Trust
The Mosaic: YearbookOmnia: Literary magazine
The Quaker: Web-based newspaper
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Arts

(4)
Chorus
Music
Piano
Art

Contact Info

http://www.mosesbrown.org/
250 Lloyd Ave, Providence, RI 02906
401-831-7350
hmadden@mosesbrown.org
Rhode Island

Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: K-12
Suburban
IB: No
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1784
Campus Size: 50 acres
Religious Affiliation: Quaker

Application Info

Deadline: 01/15
Interview: Skype, On Campus
Other Accepted Scores: SSAT,ISEE
Recommended
Boarding
St. Andrew's School - RI United States Flag
4.5
Recommended
Boarding
Woodstock Academy United States Flag
4.2

Frequently Ask Questions about Moses Brown School

Tell me a bit about Moses Brown School.
Moses Brown School is Co-ed private day school located in Rhode Island, US. It was founded 1784 , and currently has about 427 students, 3.70% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.mosesbrown.org/.
Does Moses Brown School have rigorous academic requirements?
Moses Brown School is offering 18 AP courses.

Moses Brown School also have 70% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Moses Brown School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 4.17% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 6.73% go to top 25, and about 2.56% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Moses Brown School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Moses Brown School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Moses Brown School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Moses Brown School in 2024 is $48,330 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at hmadden@mosesbrown.org .
Where is Moses Brown School located?
Moses Brown School is located in the State of Rhode Island of USA. The closest major city is Boston, which is about 39 miles away from school. Most families can choose Logan International Airport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is Moses Brown School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Moses Brown School is among the most popular schools, within top 244 for all schools on FindingSchool.

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How to start with an application with Moses Brown School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Moses Brown School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Moses Brown School’s official site: http://www.mosesbrown.org/ or call them at 401-831-7350.
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Yes, here are few: Wheeler School, School One and Lincoln School.

The closest major city is Boston. You can find out more schools near Boston here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for Moses Brown School?
The overall rating for Moses Brown School is A-.

The section ratings of Moses Brown School are:
A- for Matriculation
A- for Academics
A for Extracurriculum
A+ for Community
B+ for Students and Parents reviews

Nearby City

Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, is the cultural and financial heart of New England. With a rich history dating back to the American Revolution, it is home to iconic landmarks such as the Freedom Trail, the Boston Common, and the Massachusetts State House. The city boasts prestigious universities like Harvard and MIT and is known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse neighborhoods, and thriving economy. Boston's blend of historical significance and modern innovation makes it one of the most influential cities in the U.S.
Population (2022) 609,023
Cost of Living Higher than average 54%
Nearby Airport Logan International Airport

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