2025 Best Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

If you plan on getting your master's degree in biomedical engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #57 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for biomedical engineering students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 138 master's degrees in biomedical engineering to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 biomedical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of biomedical engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt biomedical engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 schools for biomedical engineering students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The bio engineering 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 Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Biomedical Engineering in North Carolina

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in biomedical engineering.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Master's in Bio Engineering

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

106 Annual Graduates

$89,528 Median Starting Salary

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

Soon after graduating, bio engineering master's recipients typically make around $89,528 in their early careers.

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

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

12 Annual Graduates

North Carolina State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in biomedical engineering. NC State is a very large public university located in the large city of Raleigh.More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from North Carolina State University

Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	136
Georgia	190	36
Virginia	182	28
Tennessee	166	21
Alabama	151	4
Kentucky	147	17
Louisiana	147	18
South Carolina	146	51
Mississippi	145	2
Arkansas	121	2

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Biomedical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Biomedical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Bio Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	138

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	312
Computer Engineering	270
Mechanical Engineering	137
Civil Engineering	101
Manufacturing Engineering	78
Industrial Engineering	76
Textile Engineering	59
Chemical Engineering	52
Other Engineering	35
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	31

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.