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Carnegie Mellon University BS in Biomedical Engineering

42 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
$69,338 Average Salary
$21,500 Average Student Debt

The main focus area for this major is Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Biomedical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Carnegie Mellon University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in bio engineering, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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Rankings for the Carnegie Mellon BS in Bio Engineering

#27 in the U.S
#3 in Pennsylvania

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. Carnegie Mellon was ranked #27 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for bio engineering majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #3 in Pennsylvania.

Here are some of the other rankings for Carnegie Mellon.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 13
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Biomedical Engineering Graduates 14
Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 15
Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 16
Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 17
Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools 21
Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges for Veterans 23
Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 27
Best Biomedical Engineering Schools 27
Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 34
Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools 35
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) 36
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) 38
Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 40
Most Focused Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 42
Best Value Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) 42
Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 43
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) 44
Most Popular Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 46
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) 49
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) 57
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) 58
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) 63
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) 68
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) 68
Highest Paid Biomedical Engineering Graduates 68
Best Value Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) 69
Best Value Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) 78
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 80
Highest Paid Doctor’s Degree Biomedical Engineering Graduates 84
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 85
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 85
Highest Paid Master’s Degree Biomedical Engineering Graduates 89
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) 91
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (With Aid) 92
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income Over $110k) 99
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) 100
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) 105
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (With Aid) 120
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 125
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (With Aid) 126
Best Value Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) 130
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income Over $110k) 138
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 145
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income Over $110k) 147
Best Value Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (With Aid) 157
Best Value Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 170
Best Value Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income Over $110k) 182

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Bio Engineering from Carnegie Mellon Cost?

$58,485 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$21,500 Average Student Debt

Carnegie Mellon Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon paid an average of $800 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $57,560 $57,560
Fees $925 $925
Books and Supplies $1,000 $1,000
On Campus Room and Board $15,550 $15,550
On Campus Other Expenses $1,400 $1,400

Learn more about Carnegie Mellon tuition and fees.

Carnegie Mellon Bio Engineering BS Student Debt

One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Carnegie Mellon in Bio Engineering walked away with an average of $21,500 in student debt. That is 2% lower than the national average of $22,046.

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How Much Can You Make With a BS in Bio Engineering From Carnegie Mellon?

$69,338 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

bio engineering who receive their bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon make an average of $69,338 a year during the early days of their career. That is 24% higher than the national average of $56,061.

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Does Carnegie Mellon Offer an Online BS in Bio Engineering?

Online degrees for the Carnegie Mellon bio engineering bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Carnegie Mellon Online Learning page.

Carnegie Mellon Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Bio Engineering

42 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
78.6% Women
52.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 42 students received their bachelor’s degree in bio engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 78.6% of the bio engineering students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 49.9%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 52.4% of bio engineering bachelor’s degree recipients at Carnegie Mellon in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 11
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 7
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 16
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

BS in Bio Engineering Focus Areas at Carnegie Mellon

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering 42

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to biomedical engineering.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Engineering 26
Chemical Engineering 40
Civil Engineering 25
Electrical Engineering 140
Mechanical Engineering 130

View All Biomedical Engineering Related Majors >

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.

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