2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 13,222 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across District of Columbia, there were 83 bioengineering & biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 bioengineering & biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,686 and $62,807 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in bioengineering & biomedical engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree bioengineering students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering in District of Columbia

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Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s bioengineering students in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Catholic University of America Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Report

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s bioengineering students in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at GWU

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UC Davis College of Engineering.