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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from Brown.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Bio Engineering

Brown Biomedical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks bio engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Brown performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Biomedical Engineering Schools	13
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99

In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from Brown. This makes it the #64 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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, 50% of bio engineering bachelor'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 bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Brown Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 16 bio engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Brown, about 56% were men and 44% were women.

Of the students who received a bio engineering master's degree from Brown, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the bio engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Brown also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.