Biomedical Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology

Every biomedical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the bio engineering program at Wentworth Institute of Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

WIT is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 4,389. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students received a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from WIT.

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.

WIT Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bio Engineering

WIT Biomedical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The bio engineering major at WIT 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
	15
	16
Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Best Biomedical Engineering Schools	93
Best Value Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	96
Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools	129

How Much Do Bio Engineering Graduates from WIT Make?

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at WIT is $63,963. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 16% higher than the national average of $55,043 for all bio engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at WIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at Wentworth Institute of Technology.

WIT Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students earned a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from WIT. About 42% of these graduates were women and the other 58% were men.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bio engineering at WIT 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 Wentworth Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	36
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Electromechanical Engineering
• Electrical 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 MA, the home state for Wentworth Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Biomedical Engineers	2,020	$105,580
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.