2025 Best Biological Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in biological engineering, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #233 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Biological Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 44 bachelor's degrees in biological engineering to qualified students.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to biological engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other biological 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 much debt biological engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized biological engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Biological Engineering Schools

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

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Biological Engineering in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in biological engineering.

Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in Biological Engineering

1

University of California - Davis
Davis, CA

23 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in biological engineering needs to check out University of California - Davis. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in biological engineering from University of California - Davis

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University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

21 Annual Graduates

$67,016 Median Starting Salary

University of California - San Diego is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in biological engineering. UCSD is a very large public university located in the city of La Jolla.

After graduating, biological engineering bachelor's recipients usually earn an average of $67,016 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in biological engineering from University of California - San Diego

Best Biological Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Biological Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Biological Engineering Related Rankings by Major

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

Biological Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	44

Most Popular Majors Related to Biological Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	3,722
Electrical Engineering	2,314
Computer Engineering	2,214
Civil Engineering	2,049
Biomedical Engineering	998
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	899
Chemical Engineering	764
Industrial Engineering	277
Environmental Engineering	234
Other Engineering	178

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 Jun Seita. More about our data sources and methodologies.