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Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St Louis

Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St Louis

If you plan to study bioengineering & biomedical engineering, take a look at what Washington University in St Louis has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 15,449 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

WUSTL Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Bioengineering
  • Master’s Degree in Bioengineering

WUSTL Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bioengineering major at WUSTL is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Bioengineering & 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 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in bioengineering, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioengineering Student Demographics at WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioengineering majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of bioengineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bioengineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Washington University in St Louis with a bachelor's in bioengineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 12
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 21
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

WUSTL Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

52% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 48% of bioengineering master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Washington University in St Louis with a master's in bioengineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 19
International Students 26
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Bioengineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioengineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Architectural and Engineering Managers 2,740 $138,520
Engineering Professors 520 $106,680
Biomedical Engineers 200 $75,150

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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