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Biomedical engineering at Columbia

Columbia graduates about 50 biomedical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 5th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a standout program at 92 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $37 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

92/100Standout#5 of 177 for biomedical engineering →
Graduates a year502% of the class
Research in the field$37Ma year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1580whole school

Where biomedical engineering happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Student housing 168 · Academic 66 · Dorm 21 · Chapel 8 · Library 6 · Offices 4.

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

  1. Johns Hopkins University 100
  2. Duke University 96
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 94
  4. University of Virginia 93
  5. Stanford University 91
  6. Georgia Institute of Technology 90
  7. University of Pennsylvania 89
  8. Vanderbilt University 89

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Columbia 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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