Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

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

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 44,589 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.

UCLA Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCLA Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bioengineering major at UCLA 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 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in bioengineering, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioengineering Student Demographics at UCLA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioengineering majors at University of California - Los Angeles.

UCLA Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in bioengineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	17
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UCLA Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

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

In the bioengineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

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