Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University

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

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 50 bio engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Cornell.

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.

Cornell Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Cornell Biomedical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks bio engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Cornell performed in these rankings.

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 Cornell 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
Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	16

In 2021, 75 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from Cornell. This makes it the #6 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 50 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	18
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Cornell Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

The bio engineering program at Cornell awarded 75 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 52% of these degrees went to men with the other 48% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	23
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Cornell also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 21 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Agricultural 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 Cornell University.

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.