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Best Colleges for Biomedical/Medical Engineering, by Earnings

184 of the colleges we track award a bachelor's degree in Biomedical/Medical Engineering, about 8,809 degrees a year. Across the 112 that report earnings, graduates make a median of $93,619 four years after finishing.

Rank	College	State	Median earnings, 4 years out	Degrees a year	Acceptance rate
1	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$126,419	44	5.4%
2	Rice University	TX	$121,099	29	8%
3	Vanderbilt University	TN	$116,662	56	5.9%
4	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$116,525	70	9%
5	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$114,673	108	6.4%
6	Santa Clara University	CA	$114,426	34	48%
7	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$112,914	28	14%
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$111,738	54	4.5%
9	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$110,597	113	11%
10	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$109,648	36	11.7%
11	University of Virginia	VA	$109,551	112	16.8%
12	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$109,232	71	31.3%
13	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$106,540	66	46.3%
14	Lehigh University	PA	$106,260	35	25.9%
15	Wayne State University	MI	$106,048	32	81.2%
16	Duke University	NC	$105,921	102	5.7%
17	University of Southern California	CA	$105,415	52	9.8%
18	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$103,306	65	63.5%
19	Northwestern University	IL	$102,994	45	7.7%
20	Georgia Institute of Technology	GA	$102,755	266	14.1%
21	University of Texas at Austin	TX	$102,544	132	26.6%
22	University of Michigan	MI	$102,342	138	15.6%
23	Drexel University	PA	$101,362	87	79.4%
24	University of Delaware	DE	$101,175	63	70.6%
25	Temple University	PA	$101,101	48	80.4%
26	University of Washington	WA	$100,930	77	39.1%
27	George Washington University	DC	$100,601	53	47.1%
28	Pennsylvania State University	PA	$100,416	108	60.6%
29	Oregon State University	OR	$100,182	55	77.3%
30	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$100,182	2	63.1%
31	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	$99,842	64	47.6%
32	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$99,762	137	45.2%
33	Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	$99,617	47	91.2%
34	Syracuse University	NY	$99,521	35	45.9%
35	Boston University	MA	$99,024	132	11.1%
36	University of Miami	FL	$98,997	50	18.9%
37	University of California-San Diego	CA	$98,687	92	26.7%
38	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$98,567	5	65.8%
39	University of California-Davis	CA	$98,504	87	41.8%
40	North Carolina State University	NC	$98,129	160	41.7%
41	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$97,992	149	15.3%
42	University of South Carolina	SC	$97,927	38	60.2%
43	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$97,926	86	42.4%
44	University of Minnesota	MN	$97,611	81	79.8%
45	University of California-Irvine	CA	$96,874	119	28.6%
46	University of Rhode Island	RI	$96,532	31	72.2%
47	University of Utah	UT	$96,353	73	86%
48	University of Rochester	NY	$95,957	49	40.1%
49	Marquette University	WI	$95,728	62	81.3%
50	CUNY City College	NY	$95,685	31	60%
51	University of Connecticut	CT	$95,682	75	52.4%
52	University of Arizona	AZ	$95,625	53	86.1%
53	Binghamton University	NY	$94,859	53	38.6%
54	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$94,168	95	36.5%
55	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	$94,103	50	66.9%
56	Clemson University	SC	$93,705	128	38.3%
57	George Mason University	VA	$93,533	36	87.5%
58	Purdue University	IN	$93,434	116	49.9%
59	Texas A&M University	TX	$93,305	163	57.4%
60	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	$93,229	33	58.9%
61	University of New Hampshire	NH	$92,984	19	88.2%
62	Arizona State University	AZ	$92,974	136	89.9%
63	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$92,806	121	60.2%
64	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	$91,805	29	90.6%
65	Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	$91,676	21	63.4%
66	Brown University	RI	$91,674	26	5.4%
67	North Carolina A & T State University	NC	$91,235	44	49.9%
68	University of Cincinnati	OH	$90,897	51	85.3%
69	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	$90,484	28	76.9%
70	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$90,415	51	88.2%
71	Ohio State University	OH	$90,065	89	60.6%
72	University of California-Riverside	CA	$90,041	84	76.4%
73	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$89,850	139	58.1%
74	Widener University	PA	$89,794	15	70.9%
75	Stony Brook University	NY	$89,560	35	49%
76	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$89,052	33	75.4%
77	University of California-Merced	CA	$88,795	50	90.5%
78	Florida International University	FL	$88,656	79	54.7%
79	University of North Texas	TX	$88,484	62	72.2%
80	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	$88,435	34	76.4%
81	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	$88,396	102	65.1%
82	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	$88,378	23	54.9%
83	University of Memphis	TN	$88,279	29	72%
84	Duquesne University	PA	$88,272	26	83.6%
85	Florida Institute of Technology	FL	$88,120	19	57.7%
86	University of Florida	FL	$88,078	115	24.2%
87	Western New England University	MA	$87,838	25	83.5%
88	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$87,420	89	65.1%
89	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$87,393	77	77.3%
90	University of Iowa	IA	$86,894	99	83.6%
91	University of Pittsburgh	PA	$86,893	66	58.1%
92	Saint Louis University	MO	$86,844	30	75%
93	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$86,295	40	92.6%
94	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$86,190	17	74.7%
95	Union College	NY	$86,182	30	43.9%
96	University of Toledo	OH	$85,751	53	92%
97	Louisiana Tech University	LA	$85,454	28	86.4%
98	University at Buffalo	NY	$84,920	68	74.2%
99	University of Louisville	KY	$84,311	35	79.4%
100	Rowan University	NJ	$84,059	40	77.7%

Showing the top 100 of 112 colleges that report earnings. 72 more colleges award this degree but have no earnings figure, usually because the program is small.

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Frequently asked questions

Which college has the highest-paid Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates?

University of Pennsylvania ($126,419), Rice University ($121,099), Vanderbilt University ($116,662), University of California-Los Angeles ($116,525), Johns Hopkins University ($114,673) report the highest median earnings four years after graduation.

How much do Biomedical/Medical Engineering majors make?

The median across 112 colleges is $93,619 four years after graduation. By college it runs from $67,246 to $126,419.

Which colleges have the biggest Biomedical/Medical Engineering programs?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in a year: Georgia Institute of Technology (266), Texas A&M University (163), North Carolina State University (160), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (149), Rutgers University-New Brunswick (139).

Does a higher-earning program mean a better program?

Not on its own. Earnings reflect where graduates live, what jobs they take, and who enrolled in the first place, as well as the teaching. The figures cover only graduates who received federal financial aid, and small programs are left out, so a college missing from this list may still have a strong department.

Source: College Scorecard, Most Recent Data by Field of Study (U.S. Department of Education), 2026-06-10 release, federal program category "Biomedical/Medical Engineering". Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal financial aid, working and not enrolled, four years after a bachelor's degree.