Biomedical Engineering at Duke University

Every biomedical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the bio engineering program at Duke University stacks up to those at other schools.

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 16,172.

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.

Duke Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Duke Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bio engineering major at Duke 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 25 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Duke University with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	40
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	24
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Duke Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

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

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	24
International Students	49
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 Duke University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	250

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Civil 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 NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Engineering Professors	1,400	$89,850
Biomedical Engineers	350	$93,450

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.