2024 Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Biomedical Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #27 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 99 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,096 doctor's degrees in biomedical engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Biomedical Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

The bio engineering doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality bio engineering program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to biomedical engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of biomedical engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for biomedical engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized biomedical engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Biomedical Engineering Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Biomedical Engineering in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in biomedical engineering. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

14 Top Schools for a Doctorate in Bio Engineering

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

36 Annual Graduates

$106,710 Median Starting Salary

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a good option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in biomedical engineering. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

Biomedical Engineering doctor's degree recipients from Massachusetts Institute of Technology get an earnings boost of about $15,468 over the average income of biomedical engineering majors.

More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

Duke University
Durham, NC

25 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in biomedical engineering has to check out Duke University. Duke is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Duke University

3

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

18 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in biomedical engineering needs to take a look at Washington University in St Louis. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Washington University in St Louis

4

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

20 Annual Graduates

University of Pennsylvania is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in biomedical engineering. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from University of Pennsylvania

5

Rice University
Houston, TX

19 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Rice University

6

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

16 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University

7

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, GA

39 Annual Graduates

Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

8

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

15 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University

9

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

23 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Stanford University

10

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

15 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University

11

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

18 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University

12

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

13 Annual Graduates

Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of College Station.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Texas A&M University - College Station

13

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

16 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from University of Southern California

14

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

8 Annual Graduates

UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Biomedical Engineering students that almost earned our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank	College	Location
15	University of Virginia - Main Campus	Charlottesville, VA
16	Purdue University - Main Campus	West Lafayette, IN
17	The University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX
18	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA
19	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York, NY
20	University of California - Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA
21	Brown University	Providence, RI
22	University of California - Berkeley	Berkeley, CA
23	Tufts University	Medford, MA
24	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY

Biomedical Engineering by Region

View the Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Bio Engineering

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Biomedical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Bio Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	1,096

Most Popular Majors Related to Bio Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	2,179
Mechanical Engineering	1,634
Chemical Engineering	1,087
Civil Engineering	1,086
Materials Engineering	712
General Engineering	477
Computer Engineering	386
Industrial Engineering	370
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	361
Other Engineering	182

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to UC Davis College of Engineering. More about our data sources and methodologies.