Biomedical Engineering at Oregon State University

If you are interested in studying biomedical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Oregon State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and has a total student population of 32,312. Of the 6,299 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University in 2021, 51 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.

Oregon State Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Oregon State Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the bio engineering progam at Oregon State 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 Oregon 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
Best Value Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	101

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

Earnings of Oregon State Bio Engineering Graduates

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oregon State is $45,073. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $55,043 for all bio engineering students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Oregon State

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

Oregon State Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 51 bio engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Oregon State, about 45% were men and 55% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Oregon State University with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Oregon State Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

The bio engineering program at Oregon State awarded 3 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.

Of the students who received a bio engineering master's degree from Oregon State, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Oregon State also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Architectural Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Agricultural 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 OR, the home state for Oregon State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,580	$133,490
Engineering Professors	430	$103,400
Biomedical Engineers	200	$94,440

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 Gregkeene under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.