Biomedical Engineering at University of Arkansas

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

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 27,562. Of the 5,593 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Arkansas in 2021, 75 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.

UARK Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UARK Biomedical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks bio engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UARK performed in these rankings.

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 UARK 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
	30
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	67
	71
	78

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from UARK. This makes it the #137 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at UARK

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

UARK Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 75 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from UARK. About 37% were men and 63% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bio engineering at UARK 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 University of Arkansas with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	51
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UARK Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a master's degree in bio engineering from UARK. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

Of the students who received a bio engineering master's degree from UARK, 100% 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 University of Arkansas with a master's in bio engineering.

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

UARK also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biological 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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Architectural and Engineering Managers	860	$121,390
Engineering Professors	240	$91,380
Biomedical Engineers	60	$66,840

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.