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2023 Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

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Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor's

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 “Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 12,811 people earned their degree in biomedical engineering, making the major the 71st most popular in the United States. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 401 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biomedical engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in biomedical engineering.

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Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree bio engineering students.

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. Iowa is a public institution located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 111 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of Iowa

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Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 80 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Biomedical Engineering Report

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Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #3 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 61 bachelors’s bio engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at WUSTL

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s bio engineering degrees to 61 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Biomedical Engineering at WSU

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Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #5 spot on the list. SLU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University

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University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s bio engineering degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of Missouri - Columbia

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Dordt University
Sioux Center, Iowa

Dordt University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Dordt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Center, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Dordt University Biomedical Engineering Report

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s bio engineering students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Full SD Mines Biomedical Engineering Report

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Doane University
Crete, Nebraska

Doane University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Doane Crete is a private not-for-profit institution located in Crete, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 Doane University

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Kansas State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Bio Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #10. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s bio engineering degrees to 0 students 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at K -State

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