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Biomedical engineering at Cornell

Cornell graduates about 36 biomedical engineering majors a year. That puts it 14th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a standout program at 85 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $29 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

85/100Standout#14 of 177 for biomedical engineering →
Graduates a year36under 1% of the class
Research in the field$29Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1550whole school

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

  1. Tufts University 88
  2. Rice University 87
  3. Washington University in St. Louis 87
  4. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 86
  5. Carnegie Mellon University 85
  6. Boston University 84
  7. Harvard University 83
  8. University of California, Berkeley 83

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Cornell 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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