2025 Best Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in New York

a master's degree in biomedical engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #57 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 10 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for biomedical engineering students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 422 master's degrees in biomedical engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Biomedical Engineering School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of biomedical engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality bio engineering 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 master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to biomedical engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other biomedical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for biomedical engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized biomedical engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Biomedical 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 Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Biomedical Engineering in New York

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

10 Top New York Schools for a Master's in Bio Engineering

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

126 Annual Graduates

$86,161 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in biomedical engineering has to take a look at Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.

Those biomedical engineering students who get their master's degree from Columbia University in the City of New York earn $14,352 more than the typical bio engineering student.

More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

81 Annual Graduates

$78,844 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Cornell University if you want to pursue a master's degree in biomedical engineering. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Those biomedical engineering students who get their master's degree from Cornell University receive $7,035 more than the average bio engineering grad.

More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from Cornell University

3

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

14 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in biomedical engineering needs to look into Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

4

New York University
New York, NY

36 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in biomedical engineering has to take a look at New York University. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from New York University

5

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

39 Annual Graduates

$84,888 Median Starting Salary

University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Rochester.

Master's recipients from the biomedical engineering program at University of Rochester earn $13,079 above the average college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from University of Rochester

6

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

11 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from Syracuse University

7

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

30 Annual Graduates

$66,090 Median Starting Salary

University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo.

Students who graduate with their master's from the bio engineering program state that they receive average early career wages of $66,090.

More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from University at Buffalo

8

Binghamton University
Vestal, NY

33 Annual Graduates

$76,948 Median Starting Salary

Binghamton University is a large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal.

Biomedical Engineering master's degree recipients from Binghamton University earn a boost of about $5,139 over the average income of biomedical engineering majors.

More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from Binghamton University

9

Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY

20 Annual Graduates

$46,439 Median Starting Salary

SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public university located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

After graduating, bio engineering master's recipients typically earn around $46,439 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from Stony Brook University

10

The City College of New York
New York, NY

26 Annual Graduates

$63,295 Median Starting Salary

CCNY is a fairly large public college located in the large city of New York.

Students who graduate with their master's from the bio engineering program report average early career earnings of $63,295.

More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from The City College of New York

Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	248	205
Maryland	193	162
New Jersey	188	87
District of Columbia	154	32
Delaware	109	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Bio Engineering

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

Bio Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	422

Majors Similar to Bio Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	831
Computer Engineering	763
Mechanical Engineering	647
Operations Research	563
General Engineering	459
Industrial Engineering	390
Civil Engineering	309
Chemical Engineering	265
Systems Engineering	130
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	113

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.