Best Schools for Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates earn a median of $94,555 within four years of graduating, ranking #42 out of 283 tracked majors — 51% above the median across all fields. There are 127 colleges nationwide with tracked earnings for this major, producing 4,700 recent graduates.
Where you study matters: University of Pennsylvania graduates earn $126,419 while The University of Texas at Arlington graduates earn $67,246 — a $59,173 difference. Factors like location, employer networks, co-op programs, and curriculum focus drive this gap. Across all fields, though, which major you pick separates earnings more than which college does.
Early career salary growth is modest: Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates see an average 5% increase between year 1 and year 2 post-graduation, reflecting career advancement and skill development in the first years after college.
Public vs Private: Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Private schools produce $6,911 more in early earnings on average for Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates. Factor in tuition difference to calculate which offers better ROI.
Biomedical/Medical Engineering by State
Also by state: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Wisconsin
Top Biomedical/Medical Engineering Schools by Graduate Earnings
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · Private
Rice University
Houston, TX · Private
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN · Private
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · Public
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD · Private
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA · Private
Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA · Private
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · Private
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA · Private
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA · Public
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · Public
California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA · Public
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA · Private
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI · Public
Duke University
Durham, NC · Private
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA · Private
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY · Private
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · Private
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA · Public
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX · Public
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · Public
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA · Private
University of Delaware
Newark, DE · Public
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA · Public
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA · Public
George Washington University
Washington, DC · Private
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA · Public
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR · Public
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus
Bend, OR · Public
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ · Private
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI · Public
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA · Private
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY · Private
Boston University
Boston, MA · Private
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL · Private
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA · Public
University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA · Public
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA · Public
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC · Public
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC · Public
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, SC · Public
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL · Public
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN · Public
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA · Public
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI · Public
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT · Public
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY · Private
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI · Private
CUNY City College
New York, NY · Public
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Earnings are median 2 years after graduation for bachelor's degree holders, from the field-of-study file last updated June 2026. Institution-level figures elsewhere on the site come from the June 2026 release — Scorecard publishes the two separately.
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