2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region
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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.
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.
This year’s “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in biomedical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biomedical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biomedical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region.
Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s bio engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WPI, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are $29,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a public institution located in Lowell, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Lowell, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 5 doctorate’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. 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.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Tufts University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 doctorate’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Tufts also made our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 22 degrees to qualified doctorate’s bio engineering students in 2019-2020.
MIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Boston University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region ranking. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 23 doctorate’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Brown University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region ranking. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s bio engineering degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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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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