Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you are interested in studying bioengineering & biomedical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Columbia University in the City of New York. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year.

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

Columbia Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bioengineering
• Master’s Degree in Bioengineering

Columbia Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bioengineering major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Bioengineering & 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 bioengineering, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioengineering Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of bioengineering 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 bioengineering 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 bioengineering.

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 Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of bioengineering 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 bioengineering.

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

Careers That Bioengineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioengineering 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.