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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 74 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from USC.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Bio Engineering

USC Biomedical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Schools	126
Best Value Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	127

In 2021, 39 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from USC. This makes it the #16 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of USC Bio Engineering Graduates

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $53,160. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $55,043 for all bio engineering 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, 46% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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	18
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	33
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

USC Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students graduated with a master's degree in bio engineering from USC. About 49% were men and 51% were 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	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USC also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 16 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.