Biomedical Engineering at California Institute of Technology

If you plan to study biomedical engineering, take a look at what California Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Caltech is located in Pasadena, California and has a total student population of 2,240. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from Caltech.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biomedical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Caltech Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bio Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Bio Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Bio Engineering

Caltech Biomedical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks bio engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Caltech performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The bio engineering major at Caltech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biomedical Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Schools	9

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from Caltech. This makes it the #137 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #38 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Caltech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at California Institute of Technology.

Caltech Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students earned a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from Caltech. About 70% of these graduates were women and the other 30% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bio engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Caltech Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

The bio engineering program at Caltech awarded 2 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Institute of Technology with a master's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Caltech also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Environmental Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering

Careers That Bio Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in bio engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Biomedical Engineers	3,530	$101,210
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Canon.vs.nikon under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.