Master's programs 166
Graduates in 2023-24 3,689
Typical median debt $34,167
Typical earnings 1 yr after $84,440
Typical earnings 4 yrs after $107,285
Earnings to debt 2.5x
Official field: Biomedical/Medical Engineering. Admission figures such as LSAT, MCAT or GRE scores are not part of this federal data, so check each school.
Degree level Programs Typical earnings 1 yr after Typical median debt Master's 166 $84,440 $34,167 Doctoral 124 $114,810 n/a
Is it worth it? Debt vs first-year pay Each dot is one master's program. Dots above the dashed line have graduates earning more in their first year than the program's median debt.
$0k $0k $30k $19k $61k $38k $91k $57k $122k $76k debt = 1 year of pay University of Pennsylvania: earnings $82,955, debt $57,129 University of California-San Diego: earnings $91,168, debt $34,167 Cornell University: earnings $86,865, debt $44,556 Johns Hopkins University: earnings $100,807, debt $41,000 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor: earnings $80,558, debt $20,500 Boston University: earnings $86,455, debt $63,500 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities: earnings $95,845, debt $36,574 University of Wisconsin-Madison: earnings $90,377, debt $20,500 Drexel University: earnings $81,370, debt $41,000 Clemson University: earnings $80,140, debt $20,500 Arizona State University Campus Immersion: earnings $74,699, debt $20,500 University at Buffalo: earnings $77,242, debt $20,500 Tufts University: earnings $116,181, debt $32,724 Columbia University in the City of New York: earnings $94,670, debt $65,131 Carnegie Mellon University: earnings $94,350, debt $72,500 Brown University: earnings $86,813, debt $41,000 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus: earnings $85,837, debt $32,012 Median federal debt Median earnings 1 year after Master's programs in biomedical engineering Highest first-year earnings Tufts University $116,181
Johns Hopkins University $100,807
George Washington University $98,441
Worcester Polytechnic Institute $96,154
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities $95,845
Columbia University in the City of New York $94,670
Carnegie Mellon University $94,350
Rutgers University-New Brunswick $93,050
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 113 $82,955 $132,238 $57,129 University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA 142 $91,168 $127,935 $34,167 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA 90 n/a $123,746 $30,750 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 51 n/a $121,165 n/a Cornell University Ithaca, NY 107 $86,865 $120,467 $44,556 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 232 $100,807 $115,950 $41,000 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 86 $80,558 $113,680 $20,500 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA 23 $88,753 $113,572 n/a University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 23 $90,849 $113,487 n/a Boston University Boston, MA 82 $86,455 $113,482 $63,500 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 37 $95,845 $112,691 $36,574 Duke University Durham, NC 87 $91,874 $112,081 n/a Rice University Houston, TX 29 n/a $110,932 n/a University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA 30 $84,440 $109,400 n/a Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA 16 $62,986 $109,396 n/a University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 50 $90,377 $109,392 $20,500 Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ 27 $93,050 $108,578 n/a University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA 20 $88,985 $107,285 n/a Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 32 $96,154 $106,581 n/a George Washington University Washington, DC 26 $98,441 $105,496 n/a University of Rochester Rochester, NY 30 n/a $105,240 $20,500 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 66 $81,370 $104,990 $41,000 New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 23 $89,784 $104,927 n/a Wayne State University Detroit, MI 12 $89,303 $103,906 n/a Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 46 n/a $103,095 $21,218 Clemson University Clemson, SC 46 $80,140 $100,816 $20,500 Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ 74 $74,699 $100,618 $20,500 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 44 $79,723 $98,771 n/a The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 35 n/a $96,230 n/a Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11 n/a $95,322 n/a Northwestern University Evanston, IL 47 $81,405 $95,167 n/a Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH 18 n/a $94,556 n/a University of Louisville Louisville, KY 16 n/a $85,209 n/a University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 38 $77,242 $82,528 $20,500 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 34 $76,716 $78,751 n/a Tufts University Medford, MA 44 $116,181 n/a $32,724 Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 143 $94,670 n/a $65,131 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 63 $94,350 n/a $72,500 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 17 $87,651 n/a n/a Brown University Providence, RI 34 $86,813 n/a $41,000 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA 32 $85,837 n/a $32,012 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 44 $80,435 n/a n/a Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 37 $80,066 n/a n/a University of Houston Houston, TX 23 $79,549 n/a n/a University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA 49 $78,705 n/a n/a Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 10 $78,058 n/a n/a CUNY City College New York, NY 20 $75,218 n/a n/a University of North Texas Denton, TX 30 $74,717 n/a n/a University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO 27 $74,388 n/a n/a The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 24 $74,165 n/a n/a Binghamton University Vestal, NY 31 $71,368 n/a n/a University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 19 $70,909 n/a n/a Alfred University Alfred, NY 1 n/a n/a n/a California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 5 n/a n/a n/a Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 31 n/a n/a n/a Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO 2 n/a n/a n/a Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA 10 n/a n/a n/a East Carolina University Greenville, NC 1 n/a n/a n/a Emory University Atlanta, GA 10 n/a n/a n/a Fairfield University Fairfield, CT 2 n/a n/a n/a Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL 0 n/a n/a n/a Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 21 n/a n/a n/a Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL 9 n/a n/a n/a Florida International University Miami, FL 21 n/a n/a n/a Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 9 n/a n/a n/a Gannon University Erie, PA 1 n/a n/a n/a George Mason University Fairfax, VA 14 n/a n/a n/a Harvard University Cambridge, MA 6 n/a n/a n/a Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 25 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 15 n/a n/a n/a Iowa State University Ames, IA 21 n/a n/a n/a Lawrence Technological University Southfield, MI 5 n/a n/a n/a LeTourneau University Longview, TX 1 n/a n/a n/a Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 10 n/a n/a n/a Marquette University Milwaukee, WI 11 n/a n/a n/a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4 n/a n/a n/a Mercer University Macon, GA 4 n/a n/a n/a Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH 1 n/a n/a n/a Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 0 n/a n/a n/a Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 9 n/a n/a n/a Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 5 n/a n/a n/a New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY 1 n/a n/a n/a New York University New York, NY 31 n/a n/a $61,375 North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC 9 n/a n/a n/a North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 10 n/a n/a n/a North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND 7 n/a n/a n/a Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 20 n/a n/a n/a Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH 2 n/a n/a n/a Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR 1 n/a n/a n/a Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 2 n/a n/a n/a Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA 12 n/a n/a n/a Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN 59 n/a n/a n/a Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 3 n/a n/a n/a SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY 1 n/a n/a n/a Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN 25 n/a n/a n/a San Diego State University San Diego, CA 14 n/a n/a n/a San Jose State University San Jose, CA 20 n/a n/a n/a Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA 4 n/a n/a n/a South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD 5 n/a n/a n/a Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL 7 n/a n/a n/a Stanford University Stanford, CA 27 n/a n/a n/a Temple University Philadelphia, PA 8 n/a n/a n/a Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 5 n/a n/a n/a The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 11 n/a n/a n/a The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN 1 n/a n/a n/a The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN 7 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX 2 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX 1 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 31 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 4 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX 5 n/a n/a n/a Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA 9 n/a n/a n/a University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 21 n/a n/a n/a University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 14 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 75 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Davis Davis, CA 7 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 34 n/a n/a n/a University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Dayton Dayton, OH 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Delaware Newark, DE 6 n/a n/a n/a University of Denver Denver, CO 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 33 n/a n/a n/a University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Maine Orono, ME 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Memphis Memphis, TN 9 n/a n/a n/a University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV 4 n/a n/a n/a University of New Haven West Haven, CT 18 n/a n/a n/a University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM 12 n/a n/a n/a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 6 n/a n/a n/a University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 14 n/a n/a n/a University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Oregon Eugene, OR 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Portland Portland, OR 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR 5 n/a n/a n/a University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC 7 n/a n/a n/a University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD 4 n/a n/a n/a University of South Florida Tampa, FL 20 n/a n/a n/a University of Toledo Toledo, OH 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Vermont Burlington, VT 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA 14 n/a n/a n/a University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA 32 n/a n/a n/a Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 7 n/a n/a n/a Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA 17 n/a n/a n/a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 7 n/a n/a n/a Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 7 n/a n/a n/a Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO 39 n/a n/a n/a West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 0 n/a n/a n/a Wichita State University Wichita, KS 7 n/a n/a n/a Widener University Chester, PA 8 n/a n/a n/a Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA 0 n/a n/a n/a Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH 5 n/a n/a n/a Yale University New Haven, CT 61 n/a n/a n/a
Doctoral programs in biomedical engineering Highest first-year earnings University of Utah $115,592
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus $114,952
Duke University $114,810
Washington University in St Louis $90,911
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor $87,221
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 42 n/a $167,374 n/a University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA 18 $114,952 $158,761 n/a Emory University Atlanta, GA 37 n/a $119,953 n/a University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 19 $115,592 n/a n/a Duke University Durham, NC 44 $114,810 n/a n/a Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO 19 $90,911 n/a n/a University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 23 $87,221 n/a n/a Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ 15 n/a n/a n/a Binghamton University Vestal, NY 5 n/a n/a n/a Boise State University Boise, ID 2 n/a n/a n/a Boston University Boston, MA 23 n/a n/a n/a Brown University Providence, RI 7 n/a n/a n/a CUNY City College New York, NY 3 n/a n/a n/a California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 14 n/a n/a n/a Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 7 n/a n/a n/a Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 18 n/a n/a n/a Clemson University Clemson, SC 19 n/a n/a n/a Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO 4 n/a n/a n/a Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 29 n/a n/a n/a Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14 n/a n/a n/a Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 13 n/a n/a n/a Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL 0 n/a n/a n/a Florida International University Miami, FL 5 n/a n/a n/a Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 1 n/a n/a n/a George Mason University Fairfax, VA 4 n/a n/a n/a George Washington University Washington, DC 10 n/a n/a n/a Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA 58 n/a n/a n/a Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 2 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 2 n/a n/a n/a Iowa State University Ames, IA 14 n/a n/a n/a Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 32 n/a n/a n/a Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 4 n/a n/a n/a Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA 2 n/a n/a n/a Marquette University Milwaukee, WI 6 n/a n/a n/a Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 8 n/a n/a n/a Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 2 n/a n/a n/a Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 2 n/a n/a n/a New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 2 n/a n/a n/a North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 12 n/a n/a n/a North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND 1 n/a n/a n/a Northwestern University Evanston, IL 19 n/a n/a n/a Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 14 n/a n/a n/a Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR 11 n/a n/a n/a Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 1 n/a n/a n/a Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA 13 n/a n/a n/a Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN 21 n/a n/a n/a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 12 n/a n/a n/a Rice University Houston, TX 13 n/a n/a n/a Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 2 n/a n/a n/a Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 1 n/a n/a n/a Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ 4 n/a n/a n/a South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD 0 n/a n/a n/a Stanford University Stanford, CA 19 n/a n/a n/a Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 4 n/a n/a n/a Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 7 n/a n/a n/a Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 5 n/a n/a n/a Temple University Philadelphia, PA 3 n/a n/a n/a Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 16 n/a n/a n/a The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 4 n/a n/a n/a The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN 5 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX 5 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 7 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 19 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 11 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 1 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX 1 n/a n/a n/a Tufts University Medford, MA 7 n/a n/a n/a Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA 3 n/a n/a n/a University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 10 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 8 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Davis Davis, CA 15 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA 20 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 22 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA 3 n/a n/a n/a University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA 54 n/a n/a n/a University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 21 n/a n/a n/a University of Delaware Newark, DE 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Florida Gainesville, FL 13 n/a n/a n/a University of Georgia Athens, GA 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Houston Houston, TX 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 18 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 17 n/a n/a n/a University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 9 n/a n/a n/a University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Memphis Memphis, TN 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 17 n/a n/a n/a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV 2 n/a n/a n/a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 12 n/a n/a n/a University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 1 n/a n/a n/a University of North Texas Denton, TX 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 40 n/a n/a n/a University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Rochester Rochester, NY 18 n/a n/a n/a University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC 1 n/a n/a n/a University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD 1 n/a n/a n/a University of South Florida Tampa, FL 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 15 n/a n/a n/a University of Toledo Toledo, OH 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Vermont Burlington, VT 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA 20 n/a n/a n/a University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA 23 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 8 n/a n/a n/a Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 20 n/a n/a n/a Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA 6 n/a n/a n/a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 7 n/a n/a n/a Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 8 n/a n/a n/a Wayne State University Detroit, MI 6 n/a n/a n/a Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 6 n/a n/a n/a Yale University New Haven, CT 12 n/a n/a n/a
Frequently asked questions How much do biomedical engineering graduates earn? Graduates of the typical master's program earned a median of $84,440 one year after finishing, in 2024 dollars.
How much debt do biomedical engineering graduate students take on? The typical program's graduates who borrowed left with a median of $34,167 in federal loans taken at that school. Undergraduate loans are not included.
Undergraduate: Biomedical engineering major
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field of study file, data release of October 15, 2026. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working, not enrolled. One-year figures: graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Four-year figures: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. More on the data .