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Biomedical Engineering at Portland Community College

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Biomedical Engineering at Portland Community College

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

Portland Community College is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 22,904 students attend the school each year.

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.

Portland Community College Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Bio Engineering

Portland Community College Biomedical Engineering Rankings

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Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Portland Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at Portland Community College.

Portland Community College Biomedical Engineering Associate’s Program

13% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 87% of bio engineering associate's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in bio engineering at Portland Community College are white. Around 53% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Portland Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in bio engineering graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Portland Community College with a associate's in bio engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 Portland Community College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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