Engineering at Brown University

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Brown University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 9,948. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 92 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Brown.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Brown Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Brown Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Brown compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Brown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	36
Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	147
Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	184

In 2021, 72 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Brown. This makes it the #148 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #117 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Brown

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Brown University.

Brown Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 92 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from Brown in 2020-2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Brown since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Brown are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	51
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Brown Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 72 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Brown, about 56% were men and 44% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brown University with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	12
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Brown also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 23 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Brown University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	142
Biomedical Engineering	43
Engineering Physics	2

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for Brown University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Software Applications Developers	1,840	$96,850
Mechanical Engineers	1,330	$94,520
Electronics Engineers	1,130	$119,290
Civil Engineers	810	$87,220
Computer Hardware Engineers	790	$104,400

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ad Meskens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.