Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

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

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 28,890 students attend the school each year.

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.

Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bio engineering major at Johns Hopkins 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 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins 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 25% 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 Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	42
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	21
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of bio engineering master's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	57
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	69
International Students	103
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

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 Johns Hopkins University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	290

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• Materials 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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Architectural and Engineering Managers	5,010	$145,470
Engineering Professors	890	$117,160
Biomedical Engineers	670	$100,200

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.