by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Biomedical Engineering is the 71st most popular major in the country with 12,811 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, biomedical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,445 and had an average of $22,702 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 651 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,006 and $24,464 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 177 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biomedical engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biomedical engineering.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 7 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Cloud State University is a fairly large school located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota that handed out 23 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at St. Cloud State University
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #3 spot on the list. Washington University in St Louis is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St Louis
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified masters’s bio engineering students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #5 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 53 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of South Dakota ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region list. University of South Dakota is a medium-sized public school situated in Vermillion, South Dakota. It awarded 4 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of South Dakota
University of Kansas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 10 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of Kansas
Wichita State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region list. WSU is located in Wichita, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s bio engineering degrees to qualified students.
University of North Dakota came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of North Dakota is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 3 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
North Dakota State University - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region ranking. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 3 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at North Dakota State University
With a ranking of #11, University of Iowa did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Iowa is a public institution located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #12, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region list. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, Minnesota. It awarded 6 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Mayo Clinic School of Medicine Biomedical Engineering Report
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