Biomedical Engineering at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287.

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.

USC Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

USC Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bio engineering major at USC 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 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	14
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

USC Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

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

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Biomedical Engineering

The following bio engineering concentations are available at University of Southern California. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering	129

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Operations Research
• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Petroleum Engineering
• Systems 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Biomedical Engineers	3,530	$101,210
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

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