Biomedical Engineering at Mississippi State University

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

Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and approximately 22,986 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,575 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University in 2021, 79 of them were biomedical engineering majors.

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.

Mississippi State Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Mississippi State Biomedical Engineering Rankings

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

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 Mississippi State 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	113

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from Mississippi State. This makes it the #137 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #105 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Bio Engineering Graduates from Mississippi State Make?

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mississippi State is $39,300. This is less than $55,043, which is the national average of all bio engineering majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Mississippi State

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

Mississippi State Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 79 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Mississippi State in 2020-2021, 49% were men and 51% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bio engineering at Mississippi State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	67
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Mississippi State Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of bio engineering master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

Mississippi State also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Petroleum Engineering
• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical 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 MS, the home state for Mississippi State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Architectural and Engineering Managers	890	$122,550
Engineering Professors	190	$102,730

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.