Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio

What traits are you looking for in a bio engineering school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at San Antonio is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's bio engineering program.

UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and approximately 34,742 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,440 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2021, 44 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.

UTSA Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UTSA Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the bio engineering progam at UTSA 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 UTSA 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 Schools	69
	130

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from UTSA. This makes it the #77 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Bio Engineering Graduates from UTSA Make?

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UTSA is $48,441. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $55,043 for all bio engineering students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at UTSA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at The University of Texas at San Antonio.

UTSA Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% 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 The University of Texas at San Antonio with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UTSA Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a master's degree in bio engineering from UTSA. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

Of the students who received a bio engineering master's degree from UTSA, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UTSA also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Computer 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 The University of Texas at San Antonio.

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 BrianReading under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.