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 University of Pennsylvania. 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, and more.
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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. UPenn is in the top 10% of the country for bio engineering. More specifically it was ranked #12 out of 194 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #1 in Pennsylvania.
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Part-time undergraduates at UPenn paid an average of $1,892 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $53,166 | $53,166 |
Fees | $6,876 | $6,876 |
Books and Supplies | $1,358 | $1,358 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,784 | $16,784 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,926 | $2,926 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UPenn in Bio Engineering walked away with an average of $15,000 in student debt. That is 32% lower than the national average of $22,046.
The median early career salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UPenn is $73,215 per year. That is 31% higher than the national average of $56,061.
Online degrees for the UPenn 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 UPenn Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in bio engineering in 2019-2020, 50.0% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 49.9%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 46.3% of the bio engineering bachelor’s degrees at UPenn in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 11 |
Black or African American | 5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 25 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
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 | 54 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to biomedical engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Chemical Engineering | 40 |
Computer Engineering | 10 |
Electrical Engineering | 25 |
Materials Engineering | 19 |
Mechanical Engineering | 60 |
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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.