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Biomedical Engineering at University of Rhode Island

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Biomedical Engineering at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from URI.

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.

URI Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Bio Engineering

URI Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bio engineering major at URI 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.

Earnings of URI Bio Engineering Graduates

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $61,791. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $55,043 for all bio engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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Bio Engineering Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

59% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students earned a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from URI. About 59% of these graduates were women and the other 41% were men.

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About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bio engineering at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 27
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

URI also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation Jobs in RI Average Salary in RI
Architectural and Engineering Managers 480 $151,670
Engineering Professors 210 $137,620

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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