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. Of the 2,654 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2021, 36 of them were biomedical engineering majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Bio Engineering

Columbia Biomedical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Schools	85
Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	100

In 2021, 91 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from Columbia. This makes it the #5 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of Columbia Bio Engineering Graduates

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Columbia is $46,324. This is less than $55,043, which is the national average of all bio engineering majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 bio engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from Columbia. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Columbia Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

The bio engineering program at Columbia awarded 91 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 41% of these degrees went to men with the other 59% going 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	16
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	40
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 18 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.