Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at Harvard University

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

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 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.

Harvard Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Harvard Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bioengineering major at Harvard 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.

Bioengineering Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of bioengineering 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 bioengineering 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 bioengineering.

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 Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of bioengineering 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 bioengineering.

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

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 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.