Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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.

UIUC Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIUC Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bioengineering major at UIUC 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 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in bioengineering, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioengineering Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioengineering majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of bioengineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in bioengineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	43
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIUC Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

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

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in bioengineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Biomedical Engineers	1,500	$98,420
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.