Biomedical Engineering at Rice University

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

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643.

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.

Rice Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Rice Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bio engineering major at Rice 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.

There were 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Rice Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of bio engineering master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the bio engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Biomedical Engineering

If you plan to be a bio engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rice University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	97

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Operations Research
• Civil 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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200
Biomedical Engineers	900	$100,680

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

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