Biomedical Engineering at University of California - Irvine

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

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and has a total student population of 36,303. In 2021, 135 bio engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UC Irvine.

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 Irvine Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Irvine Biomedical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The bio engineering major at UC Irvine 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 Focused Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	48
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
	116

In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from UC Irvine. This makes it the #43 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.

How Much Do Bio Engineering Graduates from UC Irvine Make?

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Irvine is $51,200. This is less than $55,043, which is the national average of all bio engineering majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 135 bio engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from UC Irvine. Of these graduates, 59% were men and 41% were women.

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 - Irvine with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	52
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	26
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

UC Irvine Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 27 students who earned a master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from UC Irvine in 2020-2021, 52% were men and 48% were women.

In the bio engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UC Irvine 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
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Chemical 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

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 TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.