2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 12,811 people earned a degree or certificate in biomedical engineering, making the major the #74 most popular in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 104 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best for bio engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Top 15% Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.
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Out of the 104 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Washington University in St Louis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.
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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree biomedical engineering programs. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
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With a ranking of #7, Brown University did quite well on this year’s best schools for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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With a ranking of #8, Vanderbilt University did quite well on this year’s best schools for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.
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University of Pennsylvania came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
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University of Notre Dame landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree biomedical engineering programs. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.
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With a ranking of #11, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.
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Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biomedical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #14 on this year’s Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
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Marquette University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biomedical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #15 on the list. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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Here are some additional great schools for Biomedical Engineering students that almost earned our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 16 | Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA |
| 17 | Purdue University - Main Campus | West Lafayette, IN |
| 18 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH |
| 20 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Bio Engineering
One of 40 majors within the area of study, biomedical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to UC Davis College of Engineering.
More about our data sources and methodologies.