Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study biomedical engineering, take a look at what Columbia University in the City of New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135.

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.

Columbia Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Columbia Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bio engineering major at Columbia 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 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	11
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Columbia Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of bio engineering master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	27
International Students	58
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 Columbia University in the City of New York. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	166

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Industrial 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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Biomedical Engineers	440	$101,460

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 Nandaro under License

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