2025 Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #24 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 126 doctor's degrees in bioengineering & biomedical engineering to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

The bioengineering doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality bioengineering program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on bioengineering & biomedical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other bioengineering & biomedical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized bioengineering & biomedical engineering related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering in the New England Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for bioengineering & biomedical engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Bioengineering

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

46 Annual Graduates

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering needs to check out Boston University. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Boston University

3

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Connecticut if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering. Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from University of Connecticut

Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best bioengineering & biomedical engineering colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	284	83
Connecticut	138	20
Rhode Island	119	7
Maine	53	2
Vermont	33	0

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Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the Biomedical Engineering area of study, Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 UC Davis College of Engineering. More about our data sources and methodologies.