Biomedical Engineering at Brown University

What traits are you looking for in a bio engineering school? To help you decide if Brown University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's bio engineering program.

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 9,948 students attend the school each year.

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

Brown Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Brown Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bio engineering major at Brown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biomedical 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #54 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Brown

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

Brown Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bio engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Brown Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of bio engineering master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Biomedical Engineering

The following bio engineering concentations are available at Brown University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Brown University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	43

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• General Engineering

Careers That Bio Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in bio 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	480	$151,670
Engineering Professors	210	$137,620

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.