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. In 2021, 70 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Brown.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Brown General 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	11
	16
Most Popular General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	17

In 2021, 56 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Brown. This makes it the #17 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do Engineering Graduates from Brown Make?

The median salary of engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Brown is $70,583. This is 15% higher than $61,282, which is the national average for all engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 70 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Brown, about 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Brown since its program graduates 22% more women than average.

About 59% 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	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	41
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	44
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Brown also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 16 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.