2024 Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in South Carolina

Biomedical Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #71 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in South Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 203 degrees in biomedical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Best Schools for Biomedical Engineering in South Carolina

The schools below may not offer all types of bio engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top South Carolina Schools in Bio Engineering

1

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

167 Bio Engineering Degrees Awarded

$61,107 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat Clemson University if you wish to pursue a degree in biomedical engineering. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Those biomedical engineering students who get their degree from Clemson University receive $2,309 more than the standard bio engineering grad.

More information about a degree in biomedical engineering from Clemson University

2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

36 Bio Engineering Degrees Awarded

$54,181 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you want to pursue a degree in biomedical engineering. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbia.

Soon after graduation, bio engineering degree recipients typically make around $54,181 in their early careers.

More information about a degree in biomedical engineering from University of South Carolina - Columbia

Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	287	352
Florida	282	523
North Carolina	279	532
Virginia	274	269
Tennessee	269	174
Kentucky	244	60
Louisiana	242	149
Mississippi	234	105
Arkansas	234	83
Alabama	233	49
West Virginia	207	42

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Biomedical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Biomedical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Bio Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	203

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Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	715
Civil Engineering	310
Industrial Engineering	266
Electrical Engineering	222
Computer Engineering	157
Chemical Engineering	153
Other Engineering	135
Materials Engineering	59
Environmental Engineering	51
General Engineering	32

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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.