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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from Carnegie Mellon.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Bio Engineering

Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the bio engineering progam at Carnegie Mellon compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	26
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64

In 2021, 35 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #21 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 54 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 bio engineering majors earned their master's degree from Carnegie Mellon. Of these graduates, 51% were men and 49% were 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	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.