Basic Certificates in Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering

In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 32% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 18.2% of bioengineering graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Bioengineering Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 22 people earned their basic certificate in bioengineering. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in bioengineering at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	8,820
Master’s Degree	3,671
Doctor’s Degree	1,361
Graduate Certificate	113
Basic Certificate	22
Associate Degree	19

Earnings of Bioengineering Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for bioengineering majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for bioengineering students who are basic certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in bioengineering. About 68.2% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	7
Women	15

The racial-ethnic distribution of bioengineering basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	11
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By UC Davis College of Engineering under License

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