Biomedical Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and has a total student population of 47,907. Of the 9,144 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor in 2021, 121 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.

U-M Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

U-M Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the bio engineering progam at U-M compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 U-M 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 Biomedical Engineering Schools	35
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Schools	64
Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	77

In 2021, 108 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from U-M. This makes it the #3 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #27 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at U-M

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

U-M Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 121 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in bio engineering from U-M in 2021, 46% were men and 54% were women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bio engineering at U-M are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Michigan - Ann Arbor with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	62
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

U-M Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 108 bio engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from U-M, about 53% were men and 47% were women.

Of the students who received a bio engineering master's degree from U-M, 51% 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 Michigan - Ann Arbor with a master's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	55
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

U-M also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 15 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Construction Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering Physics

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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740
Biomedical Engineers	360	$79,650

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.