Biomedical/Medical Engineering: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of biomedical/medical engineering graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 125 colleges. National median: $71,150, rising to $94,859 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$94,928	$126,419	—
2	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$88,060	$109,648	$20,824
3	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$84,426	$109,232	$19,500
4	Santa Clara University	CA	$84,402	$114,426	—
5	George Washington University	DC	$83,703	$100,601	$20,500
6	Tufts University	MA	$83,594	$99,598	$14,749
7	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$82,436	$92,806	$27,000
8	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$82,229	$112,914	—
9	Cornell University	NY	$81,507	—	$16,962
10	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	$81,424	$99,842	$27,000
11	Union College	NY	$81,267	$86,182	$27,000
12	Lehigh University	PA	$80,379	$106,260	$20,000
13	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$79,964	$94,168	$21,500
14	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$79,909	$99,762	$21,500
15	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$79,877	$92,984	—
16	University of Rhode Island	RI	$79,490	$96,532	$19,500
17	Syracuse University	NY	$79,321	$99,521	$27,000
18	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$79,306	—	$23,250
19	Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	$78,912	$99,617	$27,000
20	Vanderbilt University	TN	$78,855	$116,662	—
21	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	$78,848	$94,103	$27,250
22	University of Connecticut	CT	$78,605	$95,682	$21,966
23	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$78,605	$95,682	$21,966
24	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$78,605	$95,682	$21,966
25	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$78,605	$95,682	$21,966
26	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$78,605	$95,682	$21,966
27	University of California-Davis	CA	$78,047	$98,504	$8,854
28	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$78,043	—	$22,475
29	George Mason University	VA	$78,033	$93,533	$22,000
30	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$77,792	$97,926	$19,097
31	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$77,736	$100,416	$27,000
32	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$77,230	$109,551	$17,500
33	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$77,133	$98,129	$19,500
34	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$76,819	$102,544	$20,500
35	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$76,374	$106,540	$16,750
36	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$76,349	$90,897	$18,994
37	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	$76,343	$88,435	$22,000
38	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$76,315	$97,992	$18,976
39	University of Southern California	CA	$76,163	$105,415	$12,540
40	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$76,119	$93,434	$18,458
41	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	$76,100	$90,484	$25,052
42	University of Michigan-Dearborn	MI	$76,089	$101,463	$15,728
43	Marquette University	WI	$75,784	$95,728	$22,500
44	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$75,585	$103,306	$24,125
45	University of Delaware	DE	$74,776	$101,175	$27,000
46	University of Utah	UT	$74,614	$96,353	$12,000
47	University of Toledo	OH	$74,449	$85,751	$16,875
48	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$74,075	$110,597	$13,180
49	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$73,957	—	$27,000
50	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$73,927	$116,525	$13,000
51	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$73,897	$87,420	$22,000
52	Drexel University	PA	$73,731	$101,362	$29,666
53	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	$73,682	$93,229	$27,000
54	Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	$73,561	$91,676	—
55	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$73,535	—	$22,500
56	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$73,378	$111,738	—
57	Boston University	MA	$73,080	$99,024	$20,500
58	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$72,918	$98,567	—
59	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$72,751	$102,342	$17,625
60	Florida State University	FL	$72,060	—	$11,250
61	Northwestern University	IL	$72,051	$102,994	$13,000
62	Clemson University	SC	$71,944	$93,705	$20,770
63	University of Miami	FL	$71,150	$98,997	$21,500
64	Western New England University	MA	$70,603	$87,838	$27,000
65	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$70,517	$100,930	$19,465
66	Michigan Technological University	MI	$70,347	$83,916	$24,005
67	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	$70,344	$88,378	$23,000
68	Binghamton University	NY	$70,207	$94,859	$22,250
69	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$70,134	$89,052	$22,000
70	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$69,508	$97,611	$21,500
71	University of California-Irvine	CA	$69,246	$96,874	$15,009
72	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$69,246	$87,393	$17,800
73	Temple University	PA	$69,227	$101,101	$26,000
74	Saint Louis University	MO	$68,785	$86,844	$19,500
75	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$68,541	$89,850	$19,500
76	Trine University	IN	$68,526	—	$27,000
77	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	$68,181	$88,396	$19,594
78	Oregon State University	OR	$68,111	$100,182	$23,209
79	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$68,111	$100,182	$23,209
80	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	$67,604	$91,805	$27,000
81	University of Iowa	IA	$67,558	$86,894	$27,000
82	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$67,532	$90,065	$19,592
83	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$66,984	$67,246	$8,068
84	University of Akron Main Campus	OH	$66,981	$82,540	$12,000
85	Washington State University	WA	$66,883	—	—
86	University of the Pacific	CA	$66,289	—	—
87	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$66,131	—	$22,500
88	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$65,950	$86,893	$26,790
89	North Carolina A & T State University	NC	$65,944	$91,235	$25,000
90	Grand Canyon University	AZ	$65,905	—	$27,500
91	University of Rochester	NY	$65,901	$95,957	$19,000
92	Lawrence Technological University	MI	$65,713	$80,937	—
93	University of Memphis	TN	$65,611	$88,279	$22,625
94	Florida International University	FL	$64,467	$88,656	$18,000
95	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$64,409	$97,927	$21,500
96	Duquesne University	PA	$64,379	$88,272	$27,000
97	Rowan University	NJ	$64,241	$84,059	$17,000
98	Mississippi State University	MS	$64,138	$74,542	$21,250
99	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$63,483	$92,974	$14,846
100	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$63,483	$92,974	$14,846
101	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$62,912	$93,305	$19,169
102	University of California-Merced	CA	$62,842	$88,795	$15,000
103	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$62,444	$86,190	$20,800
104	West Virginia University	WV	$62,314	—	$25,000
105	University of Florida	FL	$62,124	$88,078	$9,854
106	University of Vermont	VT	$61,372	—	$19,500
107	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$60,093	$114,673	$11,427
108	University of Maine	ME	$59,890	$80,059	$27,000
109	University of Houston	TX	$59,725	—	$17,050
110	University of California-San Diego	CA	$59,527	$98,687	$16,500
111	CUNY City College	NY	$59,486	$95,685	—
112	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$59,456	—	$25,250
113	Louisiana Tech University	LA	$59,054	$85,454	—
114	University at Buffalo	NY	$58,231	$84,920	$20,500
115	University of North Texas	TX	$57,968	$88,484	$21,750
116	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$57,668	$77,774	$22,358
117	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	$56,058	$85,107	$19,352
118	Wright State University-Main Campus	OH	$56,039	$77,864	—
119	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$54,919	$90,415	$17,070
120	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$52,760	$69,476	$22,750
121	University of California-Riverside	CA	$52,518	$90,041	$18,500
122	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$50,122	$86,295	$15,363
123	Stony Brook University	NY	$47,498	$89,560	—
124	University of Arkansas	AR	$45,186	$75,972	$19,561
125	Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico	PR	$36,584	—	$20,249

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do biomedical/medical engineering graduates earn?

The median college reports $71,150 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in biomedical/medical engineering and $94,859 four years after. The highest is $94,928 at University of Pennsylvania.

How much student debt do biomedical/medical engineering graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $20,770 at the typical college.