Biomedical Engineering at Harvard University

If you plan to study biomedical engineering, take a look at what Harvard University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391.

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.

Harvard Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Harvard Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bio engineering major at Harvard 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.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% 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 Harvard University with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Harvard Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of bio engineering master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Harvard University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	17

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Computer Engineering
• Engineering Science

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Biomedical Engineers	2,020	$105,580
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.