2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 North Carolina” 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 North Carolina, there were 470 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,667 and $16,112 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina doctor’s degree bio engineering students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University

#2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina. UNC Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Chapel Hill, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,248.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at UNC Chapel Hill

#3

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$66,171 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s bio engineering degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140.

Full Duke 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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