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Best Schools for Biomedical Engineering in 2026

119 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score · Updated 2026

These are the top schools offering Biomedical Engineering, ranked by DegreeWorth Score. The score combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average Biomedical Engineering graduate earns $63,751/yr across 119 schools.

Programs Ranked

119

Avg Earnings

$63,751/yr

Avg DW Score

60/100

AI Risk

High

55% task exposure

All Biomedical Engineering Programs Ranked

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

#	Program	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	Biomedical Engineering California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo · San Luis Obispo, CA	72 65–74	$81,186/yr	High	24.1x
2	Biomedical Engineering North Carolina State University at Raleigh · Raleigh, NC	71 65–73	$74,016/yr	High	26.9x
3	Biomedical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus · Atlanta, GA	70 63–72	$74,562/yr	High	20.9x
4	Biomedical Engineering University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	70 63–72	$68,783/yr	High	25.1x
5	Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI	70 64–72	$74,094/yr	High	20.1x
6	Biomedical Engineering Purdue University-Main Campus · West Lafayette, IN	70 64–72	$72,749/yr	High	22.2x
7	Biomedical Engineering California State University-Long Beach · Long Beach, CA	70 63–71	$66,090/yr	High	22.6x
8	Biomedical Engineering Florida International University · Miami, FL	69 63–72	$62,254/yr	High	34.7x
9	Biomedical Engineering Indiana University-Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN	70 63–70	$71,852/yr	High	19.2x
10	Biomedical Engineering Florida Gulf Coast University · Fort Myers, FL	70 63–72	$62,972/yr	High	34.5x
11	Biomedical Engineering University of Florida · Gainesville, FL	69 62–70	$60,524/yr	High	22.7x
12	Biomedical Engineering University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC	70 64–71	$70,561/yr	High	18.6x
13	Biomedical Engineering University of California-Irvine · Irvine, CA	67 58–70	$67,170/yr	High	18.2x
14	Biomedical Engineering University of California-San Diego · La Jolla, CA	66 57–70	$65,045/yr	High	18.4x
15	Biomedical Engineering CUNY City College · New York, NY	68 61–70	$56,711/yr	High	26.1x
16	Biomedical Engineering University at Buffalo · Buffalo, NY	66 57–69	$55,974/yr	High	22.2x
17	Biomedical Engineering University of California-Davis · Davis, CA	66 58–69	$68,419/yr	High	16.3x
18	Biomedical Engineering University of California-Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA	65 55–69	$57,874/yr	High	19.8x
19	Biomedical Engineering University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL	66 59–68	$71,485/yr	High	15.1x
20	Biomedical Engineering University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA	66 58–68	$58,144/yr	High	19.4x
21	Biomedical Engineering Binghamton University · Vestal, NY	66 59–68	$58,999/yr	High	18.5x
22	Biomedical Engineering University of Cincinnati-Main Campus · Cincinnati, OH	67 61–67	$72,166/yr	High	14.7x
23	Biomedical Engineering University of Toledo · Toledo, OH	67 61–68	$69,711/yr	High	16.0x
24	Biomedical Engineering Texas A & M University-College Station · College Station, TX	66 58–69	$63,249/yr	High	18.3x
25	Biomedical Engineering Arizona State University Campus Immersion · Tempe, AZ	65 58–68	$60,828/yr	High	17.4x
26	Biomedical Engineering University of California-Berkeley · Berkeley, CA	66 61–67	$73,348/yr	High	14.0x
27	Biomedical Engineering University of Minnesota-Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN	66 60–67	$76,184/yr	High	13.3x
28	Biomedical Engineering Ohio State University-Main Campus · Columbus, OH	66 59–67	$65,469/yr	High	15.9x
29	Biomedical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX	65 57–68	$56,045/yr	High	18.5x
30	Biomedical Engineering University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR	66 60–65	$59,504/yr	High	15.6x
31	Biomedical Engineering University of California-Riverside · Riverside, CA	64 56–66	$61,342/yr	High	15.3x
32	Biomedical Engineering University of Delaware · Newark, DE	65 59–66	$71,980/yr	High	13.2x
33	Biomedical Engineering North Carolina A & T State University · Greensboro, NC	66 60–67	$52,948/yr	High	18.6x
34	Biomedical Engineering The University of Texas at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX	67 61–67	$60,705/yr	High	15.9x
35	Biomedical Engineering University of California-Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA	62 53–66	$55,856/yr	High	15.8x
36	Biomedical Engineering Louisiana Tech University · Ruston, LA	66 61–66	$62,384/yr	High	14.4x
37	Biomedical Engineering University of Akron Main Campus · Akron, OH	64 58–64	$61,226/yr	High	14.0x
38	Biomedical Engineering University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI	64 57–65	$68,410/yr	High	13.2x
39	Biomedical Engineering University of Memphis · Memphis, TN	66 60–66	$62,454/yr	High	14.1x
40	Biomedical Engineering University of Houston · Houston, TX	63 55–66	$48,329/yr	High	19.6x
41	Biomedical Engineering University of California-Merced · Merced, CA	62 54–65	$57,223/yr	High	14.7x
42	Biomedical Engineering University of Illinois Chicago · Chicago, IL	61 53–64	$55,011/yr	High	14.1x
43	Biomedical Engineering University of Michigan-Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI	63 57–63	$70,307/yr	High	11.4x
44	Biomedical Engineering Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR	60 49–65	$48,134/yr	High	16.9x
45	Biomedical Engineering Clemson University · Clemson, SC	63 56–64	$65,110/yr	High	12.7x
46	Biomedical Engineering The University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX	62 55–64	$58,916/yr	High	13.2x
47	Biomedical Engineering University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus · Waterbury, CT	62 55–64	$66,075/yr	High	12.5x
48	Biomedical Engineering University of Connecticut-Avery Point · Groton, CT	62 55–64	$66,075/yr	High	12.5x
49	Biomedical Engineering University of Connecticut-Stamford · Stamford, CT	62 55–64	$66,075/yr	High	12.5x
50	Biomedical Engineering Oregon State University-Cascades Campus · Bend, OR	61 51–66	$48,134/yr	High	18.2x
51	Biomedical Engineering University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus · Hartford, CT	62 55–64	$66,075/yr	High	12.5x
52	Biomedical Engineering University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL	60 51–64	$42,570/yr	High	23.2x
53	Biomedical Engineering Michigan Technological University · Houghton, MI	60 53–63	$63,831/yr	High	11.8x
54	Biomedical Engineering Mississippi State University · Mississippi State, MS	61 52–64	$45,483/yr	High	18.2x
55	Biomedical Engineering Wright State University-Main Campus · Dayton, OH	60 51–64	$45,570/yr	High	17.9x
56	Biomedical Engineering University of South Carolina-Columbia · Columbia, SC	62 56–63	$57,311/yr	High	13.5x
57	Biomedical Engineering The University of Tennessee-Knoxville · Knoxville, TN	59 49–64	$47,261/yr	High	16.2x
58	Biomedical Engineering University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus · Denver, CO	64 58–63	$55,550/yr	High	12.9x
59	Biomedical Engineering University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT	60 53–62	$66,075/yr	High	10.6x
60	Biomedical Engineering University of New Hampshire-Main Campus · Durham, NH	63 58–63	$76,755/yr	High	9.0x
61	Biomedical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology · Newark, NJ	60 53–62	$63,449/yr	High	11.4x
62	Biomedical Engineering Rutgers University-New Brunswick · New Brunswick, NJ	60 53–62	$62,097/yr	High	11.7x
63	Biomedical Engineering University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus · Pittsburgh, PA	60 53–63	$67,627/yr	High	11.0x
64	Biomedical Engineering Wichita State University · Wichita, KS	63 57–62	$51,636/yr	High	12.8x
65	Biomedical Engineering University of Maine · Orono, ME	63 57–62	$59,864/yr	High	10.9x
66	Biomedical Engineering Rowan University · Glassboro, NJ	62 57–62	$67,609/yr	High	9.8x
67	Biomedical Engineering George Mason University · Fairfax, VA	63 58–62	$63,981/yr	High	10.6x
68	Biomedical Engineering University of Virginia-Main Campus · Charlottesville, VA	59 52–61	$66,823/yr	High	10.3x
69	Biomedical Engineering Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO	57 48–62	$56,529/yr	High	10.9x
70	Biomedical Engineering Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College · Baton Rouge, LA	57 49–61	$44,717/yr	High	14.7x
71	Biomedical Engineering Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY	57 45–62	$39,035/yr	High	20.8x
72	Biomedical Engineering Southern California Institute of Technology · Anaheim, CA	60 56–59	$74,115/yr	High	8.1x
73	Biomedical Engineering Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA	57 50–59	$54,133/yr	High	10.6x
74	Biomedical Engineering University of Washington-Seattle Campus · Seattle, WA	61 56–60	$57,062/yr	High	10.3x
75	Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI	61 55–60	$50,472/yr	High	11.6x
76	Biomedical Engineering Northern Illinois University · Dekalb, IL	59 54–59	$54,047/yr	High	9.6x
77	Biomedical Engineering University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth · North Dartmouth, MA	60 55–59	$60,237/yr	High	8.9x
78	Biomedical Engineering Wentworth Institute of Technology · Boston, MA	56 50–58	$80,401/yr	High	5.3x
79	Biomedical Engineering University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA	55 49–57	$93,310/yr	High	3.6x
80	Biomedical Engineering Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA	54 46–56	$73,710/yr	High	4.0x
81	Biomedical Engineering University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA	54 47–56	$80,508/yr	High	3.1x
82	Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD	54 47–57	$76,928/yr	High	3.7x
83	Biomedical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA	54 47–56	$78,283/yr	High	3.3x
84	Biomedical Engineering Miami University-Oxford · Oxford, OH	57 52–57	$58,914/yr	High	7.3x
85	Biomedical Engineering Rice University · Houston, TX	55 49–55	$88,307/yr	High	2.9x
86	Biomedical Engineering Northwestern University · Evanston, IL	52 44–56	$68,592/yr	High	3.9x
87	Biomedical Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY	53 46–56	$74,427/yr	High	3.5x
88	Biomedical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY	53 46–55	$72,344/yr	High	3.5x
89	Biomedical Engineering Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH	53 47–55	$78,815/yr	High	2.9x
90	Biomedical Engineering Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA	53 47–55	$74,860/yr	High	3.3x
91	Biomedical Engineering Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI	54 48–55	$73,526/yr	High	3.7x
92	Biomedical Engineering University of the Pacific · Stockton, CA	54 48–54	$77,099/yr	High	2.5x
93	Biomedical Engineering George Washington University · Washington, DC	52 44–55	$69,942/yr	High	3.4x
94	Biomedical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology · Terre Haute, IN	53 46–54	$71,714/yr	High	3.1x
95	Biomedical Engineering Trine University · Angola, IN	54 48–55	$67,702/yr	High	3.8x
96	Biomedical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA	52 45–55	$70,696/yr	High	3.4x
97	Biomedical Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology · Hoboken, NJ	52 46–54	$73,454/yr	High	2.9x
98	Biomedical Engineering Duke University · Durham, NC	52 44–55	$69,873/yr	High	3.4x
99	Biomedical Engineering Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA	52 45–54	$72,440/yr	High	3.1x
100	Biomedical Engineering Milwaukee School of Engineering · Milwaukee, WI	53 47–54	$70,090/yr	High	3.4x
101	Biomedical Engineering Boston University · Boston, MA	51 44–53	$69,209/yr	High	2.8x
102	Biomedical Engineering University of Rochester · Rochester, NY	51 44–53	$69,414/yr	High	2.9x
103	Biomedical Engineering Temple University · Philadelphia, PA	52 47–54	$54,415/yr	High	5.2x
104	Biomedical Engineering University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL	50 44–52	$67,064/yr	High	2.6x
105	Biomedical Engineering Lawrence Technological University · Southfield, MI	52 46–53	$64,298/yr	High	2.8x
106	Biomedical Engineering Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY	50 43–53	$64,660/yr	High	3.0x
107	Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN	50 42–53	$63,402/yr	High	3.1x
108	Biomedical Engineering Washington State University · Pullman, WA	47 33–56	$30,778/yr	High	17.4x
109	Biomedical Engineering Widener University · Chester, PA	51 45–52	$68,762/yr	High	2.2x
110	Biomedical Engineering Brown University · Providence, RI	51 45–52	$74,180/yr	High	1.7x
111	Biomedical Engineering The University of Texas at Arlington · Arlington, TX	51 46–51	$41,773/yr	High	7.9x
112	Biomedical Engineering Western New England University · Springfield, MA	49 43–50	$58,437/yr	High	2.1x
113	Biomedical Engineering Saint Louis University · Saint Louis, MO	47 42–48	$56,932/yr	High	1.8x
114	Biomedical Engineering Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY	47 42–49	$62,895/yr	High	1.3x
115	Biomedical Engineering Cornell University · Ithaca, NY	47 42–48	$61,397/yr	High	1.3x
116	Biomedical Engineering Union College · Schenectady, NY	48 42–49	$62,624/yr	High	1.4x
117	Biomedical Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL	45 38–47	$48,572/yr	High	2.5x
118	Biomedical Engineering University of Michigan-Dearborn · Dearborn, MI	45 40–46	$38,593/yr	High	5.5x
119	Biomedical Engineering Stanford University · Stanford, CA	44 38–45	$50,487/yr	High	1.0x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score, which combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), AI automation resilience (based on OpenAI and academic research), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (10-year projected earnings vs. 4-year tuition).

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best school for Biomedical Engineering?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ranks #1 for Biomedical Engineering with a score of 72/100 and graduate earnings of $81,186/yr.

How much do Biomedical Engineering graduates earn?

Across 119 schools, Biomedical Engineering graduates earn an average of $63,751/yr in their first year. The highest-earning program reports $93,310/yr.

Is Biomedical Engineering a good major for AI resistance?

Biomedical Engineering has an average AI task exposure of 55%, rated "High". This field has significant AI exposure. Check individual program pages for scenario analysis.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.