Biomedical Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 107 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from UC Berkeley.

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.

UC Berkeley Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Biomedical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks bio engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UC Berkeley 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 UC Berkeley 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 Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	24
	55
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	67

In 2021, 38 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from UC Berkeley. This makes it the #18 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UC Berkeley Bio Engineering Graduates

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley is $53,573. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $55,043 for all bio engineering students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 107 students earned a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from UC Berkeley. About 54% of these graduates were women and the other 46% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	51
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	18
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

UC Berkeley Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students graduated with a master's degree in bio engineering from UC Berkeley. About 47% were men and 53% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a master's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	9
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UC Berkeley also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 16 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Biochemical Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Physics

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Biomedical Engineers	3,530	$101,210
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.