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. Of the 1,364 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rice University in 2021, 56 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.

Rice Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Rice Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the bio engineering progam at Rice 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	6

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from Rice. This makes it the #52 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students earned a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from Rice. About 39% of these graduates were women and the other 61% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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	24
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	7
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Rice Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 bio engineering majors earned their master's degree from Rice. Of these graduates, 45% were men and 55% were women.

In the bio engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% 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	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rice also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 19 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.