Biomedical Engineering at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year.

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.

Iowa Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Iowa Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bio engineering major at Iowa 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.

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.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bio engineering at Iowa are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	71
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Iowa Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of bio engineering master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

Of the students who received a bio engineering master's degree from Iowa, 75% 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 Iowa with a master's in bio engineering.

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

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Iowa. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	123

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• General Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Chemical 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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,120	$119,230
Engineering Professors	570	$116,060
Biomedical Engineers	80	$68,260

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 KMSatoh202 under License

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