Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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

RPI is located in Troy, New York and has a total student population of 7,501. Of the 1,582 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2021, 105 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.

RPI Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

RPI Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the bio engineering progam at RPI 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 RPI 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 Schools	4
Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	71
Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	89

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from RPI. This makes it the #55 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #72 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Bio Engineering Graduates from RPI Make?

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at RPI is $63,784. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 16% higher than the national average of $55,043 for all bio engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at RPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 105 bio engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from RPI, about 47% were men and 53% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bio engineering at RPI 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	62
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

RPI Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 20 students who graduated with a master’s in bio engineering from RPI in 2021, 65% were men and 35% were women.

Of the students who received a bio engineering master's degree from RPI, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the bio engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

RPI also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial 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 NY, the home state for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Biomedical Engineers	440	$101,460

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 UpstateNYer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.