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Biomedical Engineering at Northern Illinois University

Biomedical Engineering at Northern Illinois University

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

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769.

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.

NIU Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Bio Engineering

NIU Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bio engineering major at NIU 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.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

47% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 53% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Northern Illinois University with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 7
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Biomedical Engineering

The following bio engineering concentations are available at Northern Illinois University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering 8

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 IL, the home state for Northern Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers 9,760 $136,270
Biomedical Engineers 1,500 $98,420
Engineering Professors 1,330 $114,010

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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