2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for an Associate

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In 2019-2020, 12,258 people earned their degree in biomedical engineering, making the major the 75th most popular in the United States. 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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 31 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for an Associate.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering

#1

Great Bay Community College

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$16,847 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Great Bay Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, this small public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s bio engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree bio engineering students list, Great Bay Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,847 for Associate Degree Bio Engineering students per year to attend Great Bay Community College.

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#2

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$8,914 Average Net Price

$61,814 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for an Associate. Portland Community College is a large public school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 19 associates’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Biomedical Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $8,914 for Associate Degree Bio Engineering students per year to attend Portland Community College.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UC Davis College of Engineering.

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