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Best Schools for Biomedical/Medical Engineering in 2026

119 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score · Updated 2026

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

Programs Ranked

119

Avg Earnings

$63,751/yr

Avg DW Score

59/100

AI Risk

High

55% task exposure

All Biomedical/Medical Engineering Programs Ranked

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

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

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/Medical Engineering?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ranks #1 for Biomedical/Medical Engineering with a score of 74/100 and graduate earnings of $81,186/yr.

How much do Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates earn?

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

Is Biomedical/Medical Engineering a good major for AI resistance?

Biomedical/Medical 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.