2024 Best Biological Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region
4Colleges in the Southeast Region
178Biological Engineering Degrees Awarded
$52,770Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in biological engineering, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #288 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Biological Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 178 degrees in biological engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of biological engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Biological Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The biological engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Biological Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Biological Engineering in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the biological engineering degree levels they offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Biological Engineering
Every student who is interested in biological engineering needs to take a look at Auburn University. Auburn is a fairly large public university located in the city of Auburn. This university ranks 3rd out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 65 biological engineering students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, biological engineering degree recipients typically earn an average of $51,452 at the beginning of their careers.
University of Georgia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in biological engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 52 biological engineering students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the biological engineering program earn about $50,995 for their early career.
University of Florida is a good decision for students interested in a degree in biological engineering. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 17 biological engineering students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in biological engineering needs to check out University of Arkansas. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 34 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 39 biological engineering students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent year we have data available. Biological Engineering degree recipients from University of Arkansas receive an earnings boost of around $3,094 over the typical income of biological engineering graduates.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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