2024 Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Ranked #27 in popularity, biomedical engineering is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for biomedical engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 24 doctor's degrees in biomedical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on biomedical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other biomedical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt biomedical engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 in Tennessee list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Biomedical Engineering in Tennessee

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for biomedical engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Tennessee Schools for a Doctorate in Bio Engineering

1

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

15 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Vanderbilt University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in biomedical engineering. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University

2

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

4 Annual Graduates

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in biomedical engineering. Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

3

University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

4 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Memphis if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in biomedical engineering. UofM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Memphis.More information about a doctorate in biomedical engineering from University of Memphis

Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	38
Virginia	127	24
Georgia	126	64
North Carolina	115	53
Mississippi	113	1
Louisiana	103	9
Alabama	98	4
South Carolina	91	16
Kentucky	87	3

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Biomedical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Biomedical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Bio Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	24

Majors Similar to Bio Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	25
Mechanical Engineering	22
General Engineering	20
Materials Engineering	20
Nuclear Engineering	16
Other Engineering	16
Civil Engineering	14
Chemical Engineering	12
Computer Engineering	8
Industrial Engineering	5

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.