Rankings by major · 177 schools scored

Best colleges for biomedical engineering

Every school we cover is scored 0–100 for biomedical engineering. The score weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80 and up is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid.

The top biomedical engineering schools: Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Top 100 colleges for biomedical engineering
Rank	School	Score (0–100)	Tier	Graduates per year in the major	Share of the class	Pay vs. national, same major	Acceptance rate
1	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	100	Standout	104	5.4%	1.20×	8%
2	Duke University Durham, NC	96	Standout	84	3.1%	1.11×	5%
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	94	Standout	50	3.6%	1.17×	5%
4	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	93	Standout	120	2.2%	1.14×	17%
5	Columbia University New York, NY	92	Standout	50	1.8%	–	5%
6	Stanford University Stanford, CA	91	Standout	37	2.2%	–	4%
7	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	90	Standout	272	6.6%	1.07×	13%
8	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	89	Standout	48	1.3%	1.32×	5%
9	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	89	Standout	53	2.1%	1.22×	6%
10	Tufts University Medford, MA	88	Standout	55	2.7%	–	11%
11	Rice University Houston, TX	87	Standout	32	2.5%	1.27×	8%
12	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	87	Standout	52	2.1%	–	12%
13	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	86	Standout	120	1.3%	1.07×	16%
14	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	85	Standout	36	0.9%	–	9%
15	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	85	Standout	50	2.7%	1.15×	11%
16	Boston University Boston, MA	84	Standout	129	2.6%	1.03×	13%
17	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	83	Standout	12	0.6%	–	4%
18	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	83	Standout	104	1%	1.16×	11%
19	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	82	Standout	67	0.7%	1.22×	9%
20	University of Washington Seattle, WA	82	Standout	84	0.9%	1.05×	39%
21	The University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX	81	Standout	125	1.2%	1.07×	27%
22	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	81	Standout	44	1.6%	1.08×	7%
23	Yale University New Haven, CT	80	Standout	27	1.6%	–	5%
24	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	80	Standout	138	2.1%	1.02×	17%
25	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	79	Strong	54	0.9%	1.10×	10%
26	University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI	79	Strong	122	1.2%	1.04×	45%
27	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	78	Strong	50	0.7%	–	55%
28	University of Massachusetts–Amherst Amherst, MA	78	Strong	74	1%	–	60%
29	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	77	Strong	12	0.9%	–	6%
30	University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA	77	Strong	92	1%	1.03×	29%
31	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	76	Strong	68	4.6%	1.08×	63%
32	The Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA	76	Strong	98	0.9%	1.05×	61%
33	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	75	Strong	83	0.9%	1.02×	42%
34	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	75	Strong	90	5.5%	0.98×	35%
35	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	74	Strong	144	2.2%	1.03×	42%
36	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	74	Strong	81	1%	1.02×	80%
37	University of California, Davis Davis, CA	73	Strong	97	1%	1.03×	44%
38	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	73	Strong	138	1.5%	1.01×	29%
39	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	72	Strong	94	2.4%	1.06×	70%
40	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	72	Strong	44	3.1%	1.11×	29%
41	Purdue University–Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	71	Strong	114	1.3%	0.98×	50%
42	Texas A&M University College Station, TX	71	Strong	154	1.1%	0.98×	52%
43	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	70	Strong	30	1.1%	1.18×	14%
44	California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	70	Strong	88	1.8%	1.14×	30%
45	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	69	Strong	136	0.9%	0.97×	88%
46	University of Delaware Newark, DE	69	Strong	68	1.4%	1.06×	71%
47	Clemson University Clemson, SC	69	Strong	122	2.3%	0.98×	38%
48	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	68	Strong	64	6.9%	1.04×	51%
49	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	68	Strong	110	1.1%	0.92×	20%
50	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	67	Strong	54	2.6%	1.00×	42%
51	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	67	Strong	14	6.2%	–	3%
52	University of Massachusetts–Lowell Lowell, MA	66	Strong	57	2%	–	83%
53	George Washington University Washington, DC	66	Strong	44	1.3%	1.05×	47%
54	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	65	Strong	74	1.3%	1.00×	54%
55	The Ohio State University Columbus, OH	65	Strong	84	0.7%	0.94×	51%
56	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	64	Solid	38	0.4%	–	24%
57	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	64	Solid	10	0.1%	–	78%
58	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	63	Solid	28	1.7%	1.20×	48%
59	Binghamton University–SUNY Binghamton, NY	63	Solid	55	1.4%	0.99×	37%
60	The University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	62	Solid	50	1.1%	–	77%
61	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	62	Solid	75	1.3%	1.01×	87%
62	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	62	Solid	76	1.5%	0.91×	59%
63	University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	61	Solid	8	0.2%	1.03×	66%
64	California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA	61	Solid	53	0.6%	1.11×	45%
65	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	60	Solid	32	0.8%	1.04×	46%
66	Rutgers University–New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ	60	Solid	121	1.4%	0.94×	58%
67	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	60	Solid	57	1%	1.05×	79%
68	University of Houston Houston, TX	60	Solid	46	0.6%	–	74%
69	Brown University Providence, RI	60	Solid	24	1.1%	0.96×	5%
70	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	60	Solid	60	1.2%	–	73%
71	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	60	Solid	56	1.7%	1.03×	19%
72	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	60	Solid	98	5.3%	0.92×	65%
73	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	60	Solid	126	9.9%	0.97×	62%
74	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	59	Solid	38	0.7%	–	78%
75	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	59	Solid	50	0.6%	1.00×	86%
76	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	58	Solid	51	1.8%	0.94×	94%
77	The University of Texas–Dallas Richardson, TX	58	Solid	94	1.8%	0.91×	65%
78	Stony Brook University–SUNY Stony Brook, NY	58	Solid	42	0.8%	0.94×	49%
79	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	57	Solid	71	2.9%	1.00×	87%
80	Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	57	Solid	10	0.8%	–	33%
81	The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	57	Solid	37	2.1%	–	64%
82	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	56	Solid	39	0.6%	0.98×	87%
83	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	56	Solid	21	2%	–	29%
84	CUNY–City College New York, NY	56	Solid	33	1.4%	1.00×	60%
85	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	55	Solid	48	1.9%	0.98×	71%
86	Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	55	Solid	60	1.1%	–	89%
87	University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	55	Solid	57	0.8%	0.95×	85%
88	University at Buffalo–SUNY Buffalo, NY	54	Solid	73	1.3%	0.89×	81%
89	University of South Carolina Columbia, SC	54	Solid	42	0.6%	1.02×	60%
90	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	54	Solid	54	0.9%	1.06×	86%
91	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	53	Solid	16	1.8%	–	71%
92	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	53	Solid	14	1%	–	68%
93	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	53	Solid	25	0.6%	1.11×	81%
94	University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA	53	Solid	76	1.3%	0.94×	86%
95	Washington State University Pullman, WA	52	Solid	24	0.4%	–	86%
96	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	52	Solid	80	1.5%	0.91×	77%
97	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	52	Solid	31	1.2%	–	73%
98	University of Tennessee–Knoxville Knoxville, TN	51	Solid	65	1.2%	0.73×	42%
99	Florida International University Miami, FL	51	Solid	80	0.6%	0.93×	55%
100	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	51	Solid	9	0.3%	–	75%

77 more schools are on the full biomedical engineering ranking.

How this ranking works

Updated October 18, 2026. Sources: early-career pay for graduates of each program, by field of study (College Scorecard), graduates per year in the major (IPEDS), undergraduate courses listed in each department's current catalog, and the student body's test scores. Inputs that are missing for a school are dropped and the rest reweighted; programs with fewer than five graduates a year are capped at 30. Scores are relative to the other schools covered, from 0 to 100.

To cite: prefrosh.ai, "Best colleges for biomedical engineering," updated October 18, 2026, https://prefrosh.ai/majors/biomedical-engineering. For a specific student's chances at these schools, use Chance me, which reads odds from the student's own high school's admissions chart.

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