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2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
92 Degrees Awarded
$46,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Biomedical Engineering is the 75th most popular major in the country with 12,258 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biomedical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,234 and had an average of $23,170 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 1,101 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,125 and $24,024 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 92 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in biomedical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biomedical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biomedical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 22 doctorate’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT also made our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719.

Read more about Biomedical Engineering at MIT

#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown also made our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363.

Read more about Biomedical Engineering at Brown University

#3

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Tufts University is a fairly large school located in Medford, Massachusetts that handed out 5 doctorate’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Tufts University Biomedical Engineering Report

#4

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 23 doctorate’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.

Read more about Biomedical Engineering at Boston U

#5

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s bio engineering students in 2019-2020.

UCONN also made our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.

Read more about Biomedical Engineering at University of Connecticut

#7 in overall quality

University of Massachusetts - Lowell came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 doctorate’s bio engineering degrees to qualified students.

UMass Lowell also made our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at UMass Lowell

#7

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 6 doctorate’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region doctor’s degree bio engineering students whose families make $0-$30k list, WPI has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WPI are $29,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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