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 Johns Hopkins University. 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, and more.
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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for bio engineering majors, Johns Hopkins came in at #8. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Maryland.
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Part-time undergraduates at Johns Hopkins paid an average of $1,900 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $54,160 | $54,160 |
Books and Supplies | $1,260 | $1,260 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,095 | $11,095 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,152 | $1,152 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Bio Engineering students who received their bachelor’s degree at Johns Hopkins took out an average of $16,029 in student loans. That is 27% lower than the national average of $22,046.
The median early career salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins is $52,607 per year. That is 6% lower than the national average of $56,061.
Online degrees for the Johns Hopkins 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 Johns Hopkins Online Learning page.
Women made up around 40.8% of the bio engineering students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 49.9%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 72.3% of the bio engineering bachelor’s degrees at Johns Hopkins in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 61 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 23 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 21 |
International Students | 9 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 12 |
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 | 130 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 2 |
Chemical Engineering | 69 |
Civil Engineering | 6 |
Computer Engineering | 12 |
Electrical Engineering | 16 |
*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.