General Engineering at Brown University

If you plan to study general 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 General Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Brown General Engineering Degrees Available

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

Brown General Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Brown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #10 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 General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Brown since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 51% 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. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	41
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Brown General Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 45% 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	80
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within General Engineering

General Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Biomedical Engineering

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
Engineers	550	$95,790
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

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