Biomedical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology
RIT is located in Rochester, New York and has a total student population of 16,158. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from RIT.
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.
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RIT Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Bio Engineering
RIT Biomedical Engineering Rankings
The following rankings from College Factual show how the bio engineering progam at RIT 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 RIT 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 66 |
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Schools | 82 |
Earnings of RIT Bio Engineering Graduates
The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at RIT is $66,107. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $55,043 for all bio engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at RIT
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.
RIT Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bio engineering at RIT 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 Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
White | 37 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
RIT also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
Related Majors
- Electrical Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- General Engineering
- Chemical 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 Rochester Institute of Technology.
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 Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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