Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University

What traits are you looking for in a bio engineering school? To help you decide if Vanderbilt University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's bio engineering program.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from Vanderbilt.

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.

Vanderbilt Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Vanderbilt Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the bio engineering progam at Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt 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 Master’s Degree Schools	11
	23
Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools	67

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from Vanderbilt. This makes it the #102 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.

How Much Do Bio Engineering Graduates from Vanderbilt Make?

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Vanderbilt is $58,939. This is 7% higher than $55,043, which is the national average for all bio engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women.

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 Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	22
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Vanderbilt Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a master's degree in bio engineering from Vanderbilt. About 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a bio engineering master's degree from Vanderbilt, 100% 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 Vanderbilt University 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	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Civil 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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,300	$129,320
Engineering Professors	610	$107,480
Biomedical Engineers	440	$77,920

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.