Biomedical Engineering at University of California - Riverside

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

UCR is located in Riverside, California and approximately 26,434 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 97 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from UCR.

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.

UCR Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCR Biomedical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks bio engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UCR 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 UCR 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 Master’s Degree Schools	50
Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	110

In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from UCR. This makes it the #43 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #72 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Bio Engineering Graduates from UCR Make?

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCR is $43,664. 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 UCR

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

UCR Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 - Riverside with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	24
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UCR Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students graduated with a master's degree in bio engineering from UCR. About 56% were men and 44% were women.

In the bio engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCR also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• General Engineering
• Chemical 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 - Riverside.

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 Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.