If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #60 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of biomedical engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 57 bachelor's degrees in biomedical engineering to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor'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 - How many other biomedical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
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 easy is it for biomedical engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
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 bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Biomedical Engineering in Rhode Island
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering.
Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in Bio Engineering
It is difficult to beat Brown University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's recipients from the biomedical engineering degree program at Brown University earn $2,885 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
University of Rhode Island is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a large student population.
After graduation, bio engineering bachelor's recipients typically make about $68,410 at the beginning of their careers.
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).
