2024 Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #60 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for biomedical engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 52 bachelor's degrees in biomedical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on biomedical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other biomedical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for biomedical engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized biomedical engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for biomedical engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Biomedical Engineering in Rhode Island

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering.

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in Bio Engineering

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

20 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Brown University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in biomedical engineering from Brown University

2

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

32 Annual Graduates

$61,791 Median Starting Salary

$26,367 Median Student Debt

University of Rhode Island is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a large student population.

Soon after graduation, bio engineering bachelor's recipients generally make an average of $61,791 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in biomedical engineering from University of Rhode Island

Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	538
Connecticut	183	136
New Hampshire	157	31
Maine	156	25
Vermont	155	33

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Biomedical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Biomedical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Bio Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	52

Majors Similar to Bio Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	120
General Engineering	73
Civil Engineering	57
Electrical Engineering	46
Computer Engineering	42
Chemical Engineering	41
Ocean Engineering	27
Industrial Engineering	15
Engineering Physics	6
Other Engineering	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to UC Davis College of Engineering. More about our data sources and methodologies.