2025 Best Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Virginia

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 4 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for biomedical engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 53 master's degrees in biomedical engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

The bio engineering master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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

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

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Virginia Schools for a Master's in Bio Engineering

1

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

19 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in biomedical engineering needs to check out Virginia Tech. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from Virginia Tech

2

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

10 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in biomedical engineering has to look into University of Virginia - Main Campus. Located in the midsize suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from University of Virginia - Main Campus

3

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

11 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat George Mason University if you want to pursue a master's degree in biomedical engineering. GMU is a very large public university located in the suburb of Fairfax.More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from George Mason University

4

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

13 Annual Graduates

Virginia Commonwealth University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in biomedical engineering. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in biomedical engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University

Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	136
Georgia	190	36
North Carolina	178	133
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	53

Majors Similar to Bio Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Engineering	180
Computer Engineering	166
Civil Engineering	134
General Engineering	111
Electrical Engineering	105
Systems Engineering	80
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	57
Mechanical Engineering	52
Industrial Engineering	51
Materials Engineering	22

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.