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2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$15,527 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,868 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 269 degrees and certificates were awarded to biomedical engineering students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #81 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Virginia to see which programs offered the best value experiences for bio engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Biomedical Engineering Colleges.

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Biomedical Engineering

$19,785 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Virginia - Main Campus the best value school in Virginia for biomedical engineering students. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Virginia are $19,785 a year. While working on their degree, bio engineering majors at University of Virginia accumulate an average of around $19,500 in student debt.

University of Virginia also took the #1 spot in our Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in Virginia rankings.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of Virginia - Main Campus

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA
$14,174 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Virginia Tech is a great value for biomedical engineering students. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Virginia Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $14,174 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Virginia Tech is ranked #3 for overall quality for bio engineering in Virginia.

Full Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Tech Report

#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA
$13,119 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GMU are $13,119 per year. The average amount in student loans that bio engineering majors at GMU take out is $24,945.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, GMU also did well on our Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in Virginia list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Biomedical Engineering at George Mason University Report

$15,028 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Virginia Commonwealth University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in Virginia. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at VCU are $15,028 per year. Bio Engineering majors at VCU take out an average of $23,125 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University Report

Best Value Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 352
North Carolina 566
Florida 524
Tennessee 174
Kentucky 61
South Carolina 203
Louisiana 149
Arkansas 83
Alabama 49
Mississippi 105
West Virginia 42

One of 40 majors within the area of study, biomedical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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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