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Pennsylvania State University - University Park BS in Biomedical Engineering

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 Pennsylvania State University - University Park. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in bio engineering, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State University Park BS in Bio Engineering

Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bio engineering major at Penn State University Park is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Bio 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.

Here are some of the other rankings for Penn State University Park.

Ranking Type Rank
Highest Paid Biomedical Engineering Graduates 3
Most Popular Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 11
Most Focused Colleges for Biomedical Engineering 108

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Bio Engineering from Penn State University Park Cost?

$18,450 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$27,000 Average Student Debt

Penn State University Park Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Penn State University Park paid an average of $1,437 per credit hour in 2018-2019. The average for in-state students was $726 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $17,416 $34,480
Fees $1,034 $1,034
Books and Supplies $1,840 $1,840
On Campus Room and Board $11,884 $11,884
On Campus Other Expenses $4,788 $4,788

Learn more about Penn State University Park tuition and fees.

Penn State University Park 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. Bio Engineering students who received their bachelor’s degree at Penn State University Park took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 22% higher than the national average of $22,046.

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How Much Can You Make With a BS in Bio Engineering From Penn State University Park?

$70,100 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

bio engineering who receive their bachelor’s degree from Penn State University Park make an average of $70,100 a year during the early days of their career. That is 25% higher than the national average of $56,061.

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Does Penn State University Park Offer an Online BS in Bio Engineering?

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

Penn State University Park Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Bio Engineering

102 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
51.0% Women
16.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2018-2019 academic year, 102 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

Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in bio engineering in 2018-2019, 51.0% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 48.5%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 16.7% of the bio engineering bachelor’s degrees at Penn State University Park in 2018-2019. This is lower than the nationwide number of 38%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 6
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 69
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

BS in Bio Engineering Focus Areas at Penn State University Park

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering 102

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 133
Agricultural Engineering 50
Architectural Engineering 87
Chemical Engineering 228
Civil Engineering 178

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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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