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2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

23 Colleges
$56,486 Avg Salary
$21,662 Avg Student Debt

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.

The Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Biomedical Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the bio engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the most popular school for biomedical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Bio Engineering majors at Texas A&M College Station take out an average of $18,317 in student loans while working on their egree.

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The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Bio Engineering majors at ASU - Tempe take out an average of $24,098 in student loans while working on their egree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $220.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Dallas helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

On average, bio engineering graduates from UT Dallas take out $20,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

After completing their degree, bio engineering graduates from UT Austin carry an average student debt load 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.

Full Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin Report

The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Arlington helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

The average amount in student loans that bio engineering majors at UT Arlington take out is $25,335.

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#6

Rice University

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #6, Rice University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biomedical engineering students. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

While working on their degree, bio engineering majors at Rice accumulate an average of around $8,000 in student debt.

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biomedical engineering programs. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biomedical engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.

Bio Engineering majors at UNT take out an average of $27,750 in student loans while working on their egree.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biomedical engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. UTSA is a very large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

On average, bio engineering graduates from UTSA take out $22,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#10

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

While working on their degree, bio engineering majors at University of Arizona accumulate an average of around $25,955 in student debt.

Full Biomedical Engineering at University of Arizona Report

Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges by State

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

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

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 23 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.

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