2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,258 people earned their degree in biomedical engineering, making the major the 75th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, biomedical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,234 and had an average of $23,170 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 101 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,100 and $14,587 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biomedical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biomedical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the biomedical engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oregon State is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 2 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also made our “Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Biomedical Engineering at Oregon State University

#2

University of Portland

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$23,868 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$69,338 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Portland. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Portland is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 11 masters’s bio engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Portland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Portland are $23,868, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Portland Biomedical Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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