Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

If you are interested in studying bioengineering & biomedical engineering, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at Austin. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UT Austin Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bioengineering
• Master’s Degree in Bioengineering

UT Austin Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bioengineering major at UT Austin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Bioengineering & 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 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in bioengineering, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioengineering Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioengineering majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of bioengineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bioengineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in bioengineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	59
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	39
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UT Austin Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a bioengineering master's degree from UT Austin, 54% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the bioengineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in bioengineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Bioengineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioengineering 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 The University of Texas at Austin.

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 Reid Sullivan under License

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