Biomedical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from MIT.

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.

MIT Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

MIT Biomedical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The bio engineering major at MIT 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
	3
Best Biomedical Engineering Schools	4
	13
Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	126

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from MIT. This makes it the #127 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 36 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Bio Engineering Graduates from MIT Make?

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at MIT is $46,651. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $55,043 for all bio engineering students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at MIT

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

MIT Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 bio engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from MIT, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	9
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

MIT Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a master’s in bio engineering from MIT in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

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

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

MIT also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 36 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Operations Research
• Civil 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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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 InSapphoWeTrust under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.