Computer Science at Brown University

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the compsci program at Brown University stacks up to those at other schools.

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 9,948 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 95 students received their master's degree in compsci.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

Brown Computer Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in CompSci
• Doctorate Degree in CompSci

Brown Computer Science Rankings

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #37 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CompSci Student Demographics at Brown

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at Brown University.

Brown Computer Science Master’s Program

Of the 95 compsci students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Brown, about 73% were men and 27% were women.

In the compsci master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 18% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	22
International Students	53
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci 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
Software Applications Developers	1,840	$96,850
Computer Workers	1,410	$81,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,270	$146,550
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,100	$56,400

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.