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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in bio engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. RPI was ranked #25 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 New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for RPI.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at RPI was $2,320 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $55,600 | $55,600 |
Fees | $1,412 | $1,412 |
Books and Supplies | $1,250 | $1,250 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,954 | $15,954 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,608 | $1,608 |
Learn more about RPI tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at RPI in Bio Engineering walked away with an average of $27,000 in student debt. That is 22% higher than the national average of $22,046.
bio engineering who receive their bachelor’s degree from RPI make an average of $62,508 a year during the early days of their career. That is 11% higher than the national average of $56,061.
Online degrees for the RPI 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 RPI Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in bio engineering in 2019-2020, 52.9% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 49.9%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in bio engineering at RPI in 2019-2020, 40.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 20 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 10 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 56 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 9 |
Biomedical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering | 102 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to biomedical engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 101 |
Chemical Engineering | 109 |
Civil Engineering | 70 |
Electrical Engineering | 91 |
Engineering Science | 1 |
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*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.