Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

If you plan to study biomedical engineering, take a look at what Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 39,771 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 252 bio engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Georgia Tech.

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.

Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The bio engineering major at Georgia Tech 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 Value Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8

In 2021, 32 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from Georgia Tech. This makes it the #29 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 39 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Georgia Tech Bio Engineering Graduates

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia Tech is $67,345. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $55,043 for all bio engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	56
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	111
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students earned a master's degree in bio engineering from Georgia Tech. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a master's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Georgia Tech also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 39 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Robotics Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Systems 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180
Biomedical Engineers	220	$81,870

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 Disavian under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.