Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

If you are interested in studying biomedical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Carnegie Mellon University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519.

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.

Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bio engineering major at Carnegie Mellon 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #65 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of bio engineering master's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Biomedical Engineering

If you plan to be a bio engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Carnegie Mellon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	95

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Construction Engineering
• Operations Research

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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Biomedical Engineers	1,340	$78,840

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.