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Brown University BS in Engineering

80 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at Brown University. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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Rankings for the Brown BS in Engineering

#13 in the U.S
#1 in Rhode Island

In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for engineering majors, Brown came in at #13. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Rhode Island.

Here are some of the other rankings for Brown.

Ranking TypeRank
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $0-$30k)7
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k)7
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools8
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $0-$30k)8
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k)9
Best Value Colleges for Engineering (Income $0-$30k)10
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $48-$75k)10
Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools11
Best Value Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k)11
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k)11
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $0-$30k)12
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans13
Best Engineering Schools13
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $48-$75k)14
Best Value Colleges for Engineering (Income $48-$75k)14
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $48-$75k)15
Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools17
Best Engineering Colleges for Veterans23
Highest Paid Doctor’s Degree Engineering Graduates26
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Graduates27
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $75-$110k)30
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $75-$110k)31
Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans34
Best Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans37
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $75-$110k)40
Best Value Colleges for Engineering (Income $75-$110k)55
Highest Paid Engineering Graduates75
Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering91
Highest Paid Master’s Degree Engineering Graduates105
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (With Aid)107
Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering119
Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering123
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (With Aid)138
Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering140
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income Over $110k)163
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (With Aid)178
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering204
Best Value Colleges for Engineering (With Aid)207
Most Popular Colleges for Engineering233
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income Over $110k)242
Most Focused Colleges for Engineering278
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income Over $110k)291
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering291
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering301
Best Value Colleges for Engineering (Income Over $110k)331
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering380
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering393
Best Value Colleges for Engineering415

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Engineering from Brown Cost?

$60,584 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

Brown Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time undergraduates at Brown paid an average of $1,851 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$59,254$59,254
Fees$1,330$1,330
Books and Supplies$1,642$1,642
On Campus Room and Board$15,908$15,908
On Campus Other Expenses$2,202$2,202

Learn more about Brown tuition and fees.

Does Brown Offer an Online BS in Engineering?

Brown does not offer an online option for its engineering bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Brown Online Learning page.

Brown Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Engineering

80 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
41.3% Women
36.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 80 bachelor’s degrees in engineering handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 41.3% of the engineering students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 23.9%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 36.3% of engineering bachelor’s degree recipients at Brown in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian10
Black or African American2
Hispanic or Latino8
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White34
International Students13
Other Races/Ethnicities13

BS in Engineering Focus Areas at Brown

Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
General Engineering65
Biomedical Engineering14
Engineering Physics1

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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