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2024 Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

149 Colleges in the United States
8,517 Bachelor's Degrees
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #55 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 149 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8,517 bachelor's degrees in bioengineering & biomedical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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

Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools Your choice of bioengineering & biomedical engineering for getting your bachelor'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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor'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 include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

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

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

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for bioengineering & biomedical engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

22 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Bioengineering

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Duke University
Durham, NC
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
93 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering has to look into Duke University. Duke is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Duke University

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
45 Annual Graduates

University of Pennsylvania is a wonderful option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from University of Pennsylvania

3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
61 Annual Graduates

Washington University in St Louis is a good choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Washington University in St Louis

4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
252 Annual Graduates

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a good choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in bioengineering & biomedical engineering. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
149 Annual Graduates

Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of College Station.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Texas A&M University - College Station

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
49 Annual Graduates

MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Rice University
Houston, TX
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
56 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Rice University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
130 Annual Graduates

UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison

9
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
46 Annual Graduates

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 bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Northwestern University

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
46 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
119 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from University of Virginia - Main Campus

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
54 Annual Graduates

Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

13
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
113 Annual Graduates

UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
54 Annual Graduates

UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

15
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
101 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University

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Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
24 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Stanford University

17
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
74 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from University of Southern California

18
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
90 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
107 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from University of California - Berkeley

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Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
14 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Dartmouth College

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Tufts University
Medford, MA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
34 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioengineering & biomedical engineering from Tufts University

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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
9 Annual Graduates

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

Rest of the Top Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering students that almost earned our Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
26 Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY
27 Boston University Boston, MA
28 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
29 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
23 University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
24 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
25 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA

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