Biomedical Engineering at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

If you plan to study biomedical engineering, take a look at what University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and has a total student population of 24,723. Of the 2,889 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus in 2021, 33 of them were biomedical engineering majors.

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.

CU Anschutz Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

CU Anschutz Biomedical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The bio engineering major at CU Anschutz 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
Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	55
	104
	106

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from CU Anschutz. This makes it the #59 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #88 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at CU Anschutz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

CU Anschutz Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The bio engineering program at CU Anschutz awarded 33 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 45% of these degrees went to men with the other 55% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

CU Anschutz Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of bio engineering master's degrees went to men and 39% went to women.

Of the students who received a bio engineering master's degree from CU Anschutz, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus with a master's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CU Anschutz also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• General Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Civil 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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300
Engineering Professors	1,040	$106,950
Biomedical Engineers	570	$96,880

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.