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Biomedical Engineering at University of California - Santa Cruz

Biomedical Engineering at University of California - Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and has a total student population of 19,161.

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 Santa Cruz Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Bio Engineering

UC Santa Cruz Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bio engineering major at UC Santa Cruz 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.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

20% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 80% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Biomedical Engineering

If you plan to be a bio engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Santa Cruz. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering 37

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 - Santa Cruz.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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