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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering in Pennsylvania

8 Ranked Colleges
181 Degrees Awarded
$35,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 703 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,460 and $26,662 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 181 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 8 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.

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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The bio engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania”.

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Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering in Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a large public school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 19 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus are $40,836, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Penn State University Park, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pennsylvania State University - University Park are $38,728, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s bio engineering students in 2019-2020.

Lehigh also made our “Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh University are $27,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #4 spot on the list. Temple University is a public institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple also took the #7 spot in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236.

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#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Drexel University is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 62 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel are $37,074.

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#6

Wilkes University

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
#8 in overall quality

Wilkes University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Wilkes University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wilkes also made our “Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wilkes University are $28,368, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania ranking, coming in at #7. University of Pennsylvania is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 45 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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