Degree Programs Overview

Brown University offers 266 degree programs through Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs.

A total of 3,050 students completed certificate or degree programs between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023 at Brown. 1,682 students completed bachelor's programs and 981 completed master's programs.

The following table summarizes the number of major programs by offered degrees with number of completers( graduates ) at Brown. It only includes students who completed a program as the first major.

Total Number of Programs and Completers By Degree
Total ProgramsOnline ProgramsCompleters
TotalMenWomen
Bachelor's88NOT OFFERED1,682822860
Master's87NOT OFFERED981482499
Doctor's88NOT OFFERED381213168
Post-Graduate Certificate3NOT OFFERED642

Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation

The following table lists the best programs with the highest salary after graduation from Brown University. Note that the average salary and debt is based on 2020 data from College Scorecard.

The Computer Science program has the highest salary ($184,762) after graduation and the Applied Mathematics program is reported as the second-highest earning program with a $97,037 average salary.

Bachelor Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of StudyAverage Salary (2020)Average Loan Debt
YearlyMonthlyYearlyMonthly
Computer Science $184,762$15,397$11,500$122
Applied Mathematics $97,037$8,086$10,000$106
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations $91,029$7,586$18,000$191
Engineering, General $80,783$6,732$15,000$159
Economics $78,949$6,579$13,000$138
International Relations and National Security Studies $65,953$5,496$12,000$127
Political Science and Government $62,581$5,215$14,481$154
History $50,748$4,229$13,491$143
English Language and Literature, General $40,495$3,375$12,974$138
Natural Resources Conservation and Research $39,660$3,305--
Area Studies $38,492$3,208$12,000$127
Public Health $36,342$3,029$11,760$125
Master Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of StudyAverage Salary (2020)Average Loan Debt
YearlyMonthlyYearlyMonthly
Public Policy Analysis $74,894$6,241$47,500$540
Educational Administration and Supervision $63,507$5,292$20,500$233
Public Health $62,168$5,181$49,500$563
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods $49,849$4,154--
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas $47,423$3,952--
English Language and Literature, General $44,827$3,736--
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft $33,074$2,756--

Popular Programs with Most Completers

Following programs are popular with most enrolled students at Brown University.

At the school, the Computer Science Bachelor program has the most completers of 187 and the Applied Mathematics Bachelor program has the second most completers of 141 students.

Field of Study by Degree and Number of Completers

Below tables describes the major programs by offered degrees. You can check the online learning availability of each programs with number of completers. By expanding each table, you can view the major programs in the area of study that you select.

CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Environmental StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 190 0 NOT OFFERED
Environmental ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 15NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
ArchitectureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 14NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
African StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 100 1 NOT OFFERED
American/United States Studies/CivilizationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 610 2 NOT OFFERED
East Asian StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Near and Middle Eastern StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
South Asian StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Slavic StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 10 2 NOT OFFERED
French StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 11 2 NOT OFFERED
German StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 12 2 NOT OFFERED
Italian StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 10 1 NOT OFFERED
Latin American and Caribbean StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Ethnic StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 9NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
African-American/Black StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 00 2 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Mass Communication/Media StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 232 2 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Computer and Information SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 350 0 NOT OFFERED
Computer ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 187129 15 NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information AssuranceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED21 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 15NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Bilingual and Multilingual EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Urban Education and LeadershipNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED16 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and TeachingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
English/Language Arts Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED11 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mathematics Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social Studies Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED10 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 73103 21 NOT OFFERED
Bioengineering and Biomedical EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2626 8 NOT OFFERED
Engineering Physics/Applied PhysicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Industrial EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED22 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
LinguisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 10 0 NOT OFFERED
Comparative LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 111 5 NOT OFFERED
French Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 00 0 NOT OFFERED
Portuguese Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 00 0 NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 40 0 NOT OFFERED
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 00 0 NOT OFFERED
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 120 0 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
English Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 533 3 NOT OFFERED
Creative WritingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2923 0 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Biology/Biological SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 963 0 NOT OFFERED
BiochemistryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 310 0 NOT OFFERED
BiophysicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Cell/Cellular and Molecular BiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 11 NOT OFFERED
Pathology/Experimental PathologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED1 5 NOT OFFERED
Molecular PharmacologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED1 6 NOT OFFERED
BiostatisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED22 5 NOT OFFERED
Computational BiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 21NOT OFFERED 5 NOT OFFERED
BiotechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED28 0 NOT OFFERED
EpidemiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 2 NOT OFFERED
Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 02 4 NOT OFFERED
Molecular MedicineNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 0 NOT OFFERED
NeuroscienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 740 14 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
MathematicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 144 6 NOT OFFERED
Applied MathematicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 14110 11 NOT OFFERED
Computational MathematicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 17NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
StatisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 7NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Multi-/Interdisciplinary StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED3 0 NOT OFFERED
Mathematics and Computer ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED48 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Cultural Resource Management and Policy AnalysisNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Medieval and Renaissance StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Museology/Museum StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Science, Technology and SocietyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1035 0 NOT OFFERED
Behavioral SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2311 2 NOT OFFERED
Ancient Studies/CivilizationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and ArchaeologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 00 1 NOT OFFERED
Cognitive ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 44 5 NOT OFFERED
Contemplative Studies/InquiryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Human BiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 41NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Computational ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Data Science, GeneralNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
PhilosophyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 121 2 NOT OFFERED
Religion/Religious StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 80 3 NOT OFFERED
Jewish/Judaic StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
AstronomyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
ChemistryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 105 28 NOT OFFERED
Chemical PhysicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 97 9 NOT OFFERED
GeochemistryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Geophysics and SeismologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
PhysicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2441 13 NOT OFFERED
Theoretical and Mathematical PhysicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
PsychologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 00 0 NOT OFFERED
Cognitive Psychology and PsycholinguisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 240 0 NOT OFFERED
Experimental PsychologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 312 1 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Public Policy AnalysisNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1266 0 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Research Methodology and Quantitative MethodsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 56116 3 NOT OFFERED
AnthropologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 162 3 NOT OFFERED
ArcheologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 30 0 NOT OFFERED
EconomicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 00 0 NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative EconomicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 12317 18 1
Development Economics and International DevelopmentNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 00 0 NOT OFFERED
International Relations and AffairsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 90NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Political Science and GovernmentNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 402 5 NOT OFFERED
SociologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 184 6 NOT OFFERED
Urban Studies/AffairsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 14NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre ArtsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 31 3 NOT OFFERED
Playwriting and ScreenwritingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
ActingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED14 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Directing and Theatrical ProductionNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Art/Art StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 16NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Art History, Criticism and ConservationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 111 2 NOT OFFERED
MusicNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 192 0 NOT OFFERED
Musicology and EthnomusicologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED6 0 NOT OFFERED
Music TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 00 1 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
MedicineNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 135 NOT OFFERED
Medical ScientistNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED38 0 5
Clinical and Translational ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 NOT OFFERED 0
Health/Medical PhysicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Community Health and Preventive MedicineNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 016 0 NOT OFFERED
International Public Health/International HealthNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Health Services AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED17 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Business Administration and ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED38 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 34NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Organizational Behavior StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Business Administration and ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED38 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 34NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Organizational Behavior StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
HistoryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 439 5 NOT OFFERED

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