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. In 2021, 114 bio engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Bio Engineering

Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the bio engineering progam at Johns Hopkins compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	3
Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	18
Best Biomedical Engineering Schools	53
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58

In 2021, 157 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from Johns Hopkins. This makes it the #2 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of Johns Hopkins Bio Engineering Graduates

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Johns Hopkins is $35,386. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $55,043 for all bio engineering 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, 53% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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	55
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	16
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 157 bio engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Johns Hopkins, about 54% were men and 46% were 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	31
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	43
International Students	64
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Johns Hopkins also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 18 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.