The main focus area for this major is Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Biomedical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Colorado School of Mines. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in bio engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Mines was ranked #50 on College Factual's Best Schools for bio engineering list. It is also ranked #1 in Colorado.
Here are some of the other rankings for Mines.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Mines paid an average of $1,245 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $555 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $16,650 | $37,350 |
Fees | $2,450 | $2,450 |
Books and Supplies | $1,500 | $1,500 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,720 | $14,720 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,879 | $1,879 |
Learn more about Mines tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Bio Engineering students who received their bachelor’s degree at Mines took out an average of $25,751 in student loans. That is 17% higher than the national average of $22,046.
bio engineering who receive their bachelor’s degree from Mines make an average of $63,600 a year during the early days of their career. That is 13% higher than the national average of $56,061.
Online degrees for the Mines bio engineering bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mines Online Learning page.
About 61.1% of the students who received their BS in bio engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 49.9%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 38.9% of the bio engineering bachelor’s degrees at Mines in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 6 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 21 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Biomedical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering | 36 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 2 |
Chemical Engineering | 104 |
Civil Engineering | 67 |
Electrical Engineering | 77 |
Engineering Physics | 51 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.