by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 52 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for bioengineering & biomedical engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,361 doctor's degrees in bioengineering & biomedical engineering during the <nil> academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of bioengineering & biomedical engineering for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for bioengineering & biomedical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.
The bioengineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools.
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for bioengineering & biomedical engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It is hard to beat Massachusetts Institute of Technology if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
It is difficult to beat Duke University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Duke University
It's hard to beat Johns Hopkins University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University
It's hard to beat Northwestern University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Northwestern University
Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Stanford University
Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from University of Southern California
Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Cornell University
Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University
Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York
Here are some additional great schools for Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering students that almost earned our Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | Saint Louis, MO |
| 12 | Boston University | Boston, MA |
| 13 | Texas A&M University - College Station | College Station, TX |
| 14 | Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH |
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA |
| 16 | Rice University | Houston, TX |
| 17 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY |
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