Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,338 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 90 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.

Purdue Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Purdue Biomedical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The bio engineering major at Purdue 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 Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools	24

In 2021, 28 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from Purdue. This makes it the #36 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Bio Engineering Graduates from Purdue Make?

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $62,226. This is 13% higher than $55,043, which is the national average for all bio engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 90 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bio engineering at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	61
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Purdue Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of bio engineering master's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

Of the students who received a bio engineering master's degree from Purdue, 61% 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 23 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Construction Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Other Engineering
• General 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,120	$123,180
Biomedical Engineers	570	$85,310

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.