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Biomedical engineering at Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon graduates about 50 biomedical engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 15th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a standout program at 85 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $110,000 four years out, 1.15× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $24 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

85/100Standout#15 of 177 for biomedical engineering →
Graduates a year503% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$110,0001.15× the same major nationally
Research in the field$24Ma year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1570whole school

Around Carnegie Mellon

A lawn on the Carnegie Mellon University campus known at The Cut.
The Cut, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPhoto: Sdkb · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
20070520 31 Carnegie-Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
20070520 31 Carnegie-Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (22682736257)Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
Pamela's Group shot
Pamelas Group shot (472332861)Photo: Kevin Galens · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Cathedral of Learning
CathedralatSunsetPhoto: Jiuguang Wang from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where biomedical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Roberts Engineering Hall.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 27 · Academic 23 · Athletics 2 · Dining 1 · Library 1 · Arts 1.

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

  1. Rice University 87
  2. Washington University in St. Louis 87
  3. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 86
  4. Cornell University 85
  5. Boston University 84
  6. Harvard University 83
  7. University of California, Berkeley 83
  8. University of California, Los Angeles 82

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Carnegie Mellon with every school we score in biomedical engineering. It 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+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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