Program ranking · CIP 14.05 bachelor's · College Scorecard · Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals

Best Colleges for Biomedical Engineering

Using U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data retrieved March-July 2026, these colleges rank highest on median earnings for Biomedical Engineering (CIP 14.05) bachelor's completers. Rankings use earnings only - not prestige, selectivity, or editorial judgment - and require at least 25 completers so tiny suppressed cohorts do not dominate the list.

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$126,419
Highest biomedical engineering earnings: 97
Colleges ranked: $67,246
#97 cutoff

The list in one line

Every college on this list reports at least $67,246 median earnings for Biomedical Engineering bachelor's (CIP 14.05) completers. University of Pennsylvania leads at $126,419.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

$126,419
#1 - University of Pennsylvania: $67,246
#97 - the cutoff to make this list: 25+
completers required per school: 197
US schools offering this CIP

Earnings are field-of-study medians for federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled; see methodology for horizon and lag details.

University of Pennsylvania

$126,419
Rice University

$121,099
Vanderbilt University

$116,662
University of California…

$116,525
Johns Hopkins University

$114,673
Tulane University of Lou…

$112,914
Massachusetts Institute …

$111,738
University of California…

$110,597
Carnegie Mellon University

$109,648
University of Virginia-M…

$109,551
California Polytechnic S…

$109,232
California State Univers…

$106,540
Lehigh University

$106,260
Duke University

$105,921
University of Southern C…

$105,415

What this shows Biomedical-engineering medians track device, hospital, and R&D employers - debt still matters when graduate school is common after the bachelor's.

The full top 97

#	School Name	State	Median Earnings	Median Debt	Completers
1	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$126,419	$15,593	53
2	Rice University	TX	$121,099	-	34
3	Vanderbilt University	TN	$116,662	$15,000	50
4	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$116,525	$14,500	64
5	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$114,673	$11,207	100
6	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$112,914	$22,500	32
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$111,738	$13,000	47
8	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$110,597	$14,896	94
9	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$109,648	-	65
10	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$109,551	$18,400	127
11	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$109,232	$20,500	104
12	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$106,540	$15,500	40
13	Lehigh University	PA	$106,260	$26,000	53
14	Duke University	NC	$105,921	$13,894	67
15	University of Southern California	CA	$105,415	$13,750	56
16	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$103,306	$26,000	70
17	Northwestern University	IL	$102,994	$16,833	43
18	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	$102,755	$21,375	278
19	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$102,544	$21,071	118
20	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$102,342	$18,969	103
21	Drexel University	PA	$101,362	$29,666	100
22	University of Delaware	DE	$101,175	$25,752	72
23	Temple University	PA	$101,101	$27,000	60
24	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$100,930	$14,000	91
25	George Washington University	DC	$100,601	$23,000	35
26	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$100,416	$24,164	89
27	Oregon State University	OR	$100,182	$21,500	59
28	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	$99,842	$27,000	65
29	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$99,762	$20,492	106
30	Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	$99,617	$27,000	45
31	Syracuse University	NY	$99,521	$27,000	29
32	Boston University	MA	$99,024	$25,500	126
33	University of Miami	FL	$98,997	$18,425	62
34	University of California-San Diego	CA	$98,687	$20,000	92
35	University of California-Davis	CA	$98,504	$15,979	107
36	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$98,129	$19,872	127
37	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$97,992	$15,000	127
38	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$97,927	$23,000	47
39	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$97,926	$16,850	80
40	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$97,611	$21,300	81
41	University of California-Irvine	CA	$96,874	$16,750	156
42	University of Rhode Island	RI	$96,532	$26,234	30
43	University of Utah	UT	$96,353	$19,476	77
44	University of Rochester	NY	$95,957	$20,500	60
45	Marquette University	WI	$95,728	$26,975	80
46	CUNY City College	NY	$95,685	-	35
47	University of Connecticut	CT	$95,682	$25,000	74
48	University of Arizona	AZ	$95,625	$19,000	46
49	Binghamton University	NY	$94,859	$19,500	57
50	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$94,168	$23,250	86
51	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	$94,103	$28,308	45
52	Clemson University	SC	$93,705	$21,375	115
53	George Mason University	VA	$93,533	$23,594	42
54	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$93,434	$19,500	112
55	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$93,305	$19,000	145
56	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	$93,229	$27,000	29
57	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$92,974	$21,000	135
58	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$92,806	$27,000	132
59	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	$91,805	$27,000	37
60	North Carolina A & T State University	NC	$91,235	$27,000	34
61	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$90,897	$20,625	63
62	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$90,415	$22,676	51
63	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$90,065	$23,125	79
64	University of California-Riverside	CA	$90,041	$19,954	67
65	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$89,850	$23,745	103
66	Stony Brook University	NY	$89,560	$24,452	50
67	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$89,052	$27,000	31
68	University of California-Merced	CA	$88,795	$20,816	37
69	Florida International University	FL	$88,656	$19,500	82
70	University of North Texas	TX	$88,484	$22,700	47
71	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	$88,435	$19,959	36
72	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	$88,396	$21,500	93
73	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	$88,378	$27,000	34
74	University of Memphis	TN	$88,279	$25,250	49
75	Duquesne University	PA	$88,272	$27,000	30
76	Florida Institute of Technology	FL	$88,120	$27,000	25
77	University of Florida	FL	$88,078	$21,006	105
78	Western New England University	MA	$87,838	$27,000	28
79	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$87,420	$18,625	99
80	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$87,393	$21,250	84
81	University of Iowa	IA	$86,894	$27,000	92
82	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$86,893	$27,000	87
83	Saint Louis University	MO	$86,844	$27,000	48
84	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$86,295	$22,250	54
85	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$86,190	$26,840	32
86	University of Toledo	OH	$85,751	$19,750	65
87	University at Buffalo	NY	$84,920	$19,615	78
88	Rowan University	NJ	$84,059	$26,697	35
89	Michigan Technological University	MI	$83,916	$27,000	63
90	University of Akron Main Campus	OH	$82,540	$23,123	51
91	University of Maine	ME	$80,059	$20,365	28
92	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$77,774	$24,200	38
93	University of Arkansas	AR	$75,972	$27,000	58
94	Mississippi State University	MS	$74,542	$25,000	89
95	Wichita State University	KS	$72,936	$19,118	35
96	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$69,476	$22,200	62
97	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$67,246	$24,500	53

About This Ranking

Schools are ranked by College Scorecard field-of-study median earnings for Biomedical Engineering (CIP 14.05) bachelor's completers. Only operating schools with at least 25 completers and a published median are included. Ties break toward larger completer cohorts. For the full program profile - including every reporting school and national distribution - see Biomedical Engineering (bachelor's). Methodology lives on our methodology page.

Caveats and limitations

"Best" here means highest reported median earnings for the stated CIP scope - not teaching quality, licensure pass rates, clinical placement strength, or fit for any one student. This list covers Biomedical/Medical Engineering (CIP 14.05) bachelor's programs - chemical engineering (CIP 14.07) and biology (CIP 26.01) are ranked separately.

Figures cover federally aided completers only, use Treasury-linked earnings, and describe a lagged cohort. Regional pay scales and graduate-school paths both move the median without proving a causal school effect.

This ranking is for informational purposes only and does not constitute academic or career advice. Earnings do not predict any individual graduate's outcome.

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