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General Engineering at Brown University

General Engineering at Brown University

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

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

29% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
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 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Brown since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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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 10% 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.

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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

45% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 55% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

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

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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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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