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2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$45,430 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,242 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, biomedical engineering was ranked #74 in the country. In fact 12,811 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for bio engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for bio engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best value school in the New England Region for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MIT are $58,967 per year.

MIT also made our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #1.

Full Biomedical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report

Out of the 8 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the # 2 spot on the list. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

WPI graduate students pay an average of $29,040 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, WPI also is in the top 20% of our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

#3

Brown University

Providence, RI

Out of the 8 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brown are $62,083 a year.

Brown did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at Brown University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Lowell are $26,990 per year.

Full Biomedical Engineering at University of Massachusetts - Lowell Report

#5

Tufts University

Medford, MA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Tufts University is a great value for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Tufts also did well on our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Connecticut did quite well on this year’s best value schools for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population.

UCONN graduate students pay an average of $42,237 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston 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 #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

Boston U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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#8

University of Maine

Orono, ME

University of Maine landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree biomedical engineering programs. UMaine is a large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMaine are $29,490 a year.

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Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best biomedical engineering schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 775
Connecticut 230
New Hampshire 33
Maine 31
Rhode Island 76
Vermont 35

Biomedical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

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 8 schools only.

  • 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.

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