Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at Brown University

If you plan to study bioengineering & biomedical engineering, take a look at what Brown University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 9,948.

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

Brown Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bioengineering
• Master’s Degree in Bioengineering

Brown Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bioengineering major at Brown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Bioengineering & 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 bioengineering, making the school the #54 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioengineering Student Demographics at Brown

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

Brown Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of bioengineering 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 bioengineering 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 bioengineering.

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 Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of bioengineering 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 bioengineering.

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

Careers That Bioengineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioengineering 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.