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2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
13 Degrees Awarded
$32,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Tennessee, there were 160 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,500 and $19,373 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in biomedical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biomedical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Tennessee

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt

#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s bio engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofM, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Memphis are $14,202.

Full UofM Biomedical Engineering Report

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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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