Biomedical Engineering at University of California - Merced

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

UC Merced is located in Merced, California and has a total student population of 9,018. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from UC Merced.

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 Merced Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Merced Biomedical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks bio engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UC Merced 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 Merced 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
	104
Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	104
Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools	108
Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	160
	192
Best Biomedical Engineering Schools	193

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in bio engineering from UC Merced. This is the #158 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UC Merced Bio Engineering Graduates

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Merced is $38,420. 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 Merced

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

UC Merced Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 bio engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Merced, about 75% were men and 25% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% 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 - Merced with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UC Merced also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Mechanical 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Merced.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.