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2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$28,891 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,486 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering School for You

Biomedical Engineering is the #74 most popular major in the country with 12,811 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Biomedical Engineering Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in the Southwest Region for biomedical engineering students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year. After completing their degree, bio engineering graduates from UT Austin carry an average student debtload of $22,500. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $205, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

Out of the 18 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

Texas A&M College Station undergraduate students pay an average of $38,855 in tuition and fees each year. Bio Engineering majors at Texas A&M College Station take out an average of $18,317 in student loans while working on their egree.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #4 spot in our Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

Full Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $21,891 in tuition and fees each year.

UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of Houston

#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,121 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Tech is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at Texas Tech University

#5

Rice University

Houston, TX

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rice University is a great value for biomedical engineering students. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

Rice undergraduate students pay an average of $52,895 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, bio engineering majors at Rice accumulate an average of around $8,000 in student debt.

Rice also made our Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at Rice University

$18,917 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for biomedical engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. UCO is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edmond.

UCO undergraduate students pay an average of $18,917 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for biomedical engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a fairly large student population.

University of Oklahoma undergraduate students pay an average of $25,116 in tuition and fees each year.

University of Oklahoma also claimed a spot on our Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe undergraduate students pay an average of $29,438 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that bio engineering majors at ASU - Tempe take out is $24,098. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $220.

ASU - Tempe also claimed a spot on our Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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$20,906 Average Tuition & Fees

University of North Texas ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNT are $20,906 per year. After completing their degree, bio engineering graduates from UNT carry an average student debtload of $27,750.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of North Texas

$24,952 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UTEP is a very large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

UTEP undergraduate students pay an average of $24,952 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso Report

Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best biomedical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 983
Arizona 245
Oklahoma 65
New Mexico 18

More Biomedical Engineering Rankings in the Southwest Region

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 18 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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