Biomedical Engineering at Yale University

If you are interested in studying biomedical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Yale University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 12,060 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 25 bio engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Yale.

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.

Yale Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Yale Biomedical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks bio engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Yale performed in these rankings.

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 Yale 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 Master’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	25
Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	45
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Schools	62

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from Yale. This makes it the #25 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #46 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a bachelor's degree in bio engineering from Yale. About 52% of these graduates were women and the other 48% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Yale University with a bachelor's in bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Yale Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students graduated with a master's degree in bio engineering from Yale. About 56% were men and 44% were women.

In the bio engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Yale also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Engineering Physics

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 CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Engineering Professors	420	$100,280
Biomedical Engineers	170	$102,970

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 Jdbrandt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.