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Biomedical engineering at Drexel

Drexel graduates about 94 biomedical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 39th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a strong program at 72 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $101,000 four years out, 1.06× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $11 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year942% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$101,0001.06× the same major nationally
Research in the field$11Ma year, NSF
Admit rate70%whole school
SAT middle 50%1230–1430whole school

Around Drexel

The Earle Mack School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Drexel University School of Education offices are located at 3401 Market Street
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Where biomedical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Biomedical Research Building II/III, Alumni Engineering Labs, Bennet S. LeBow Engineering Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 109 · Academic 89 · Dining 16 · Arts 13 · Athletics 9 · Student housing 7.

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

  1. North Carolina State University 74
  2. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 74
  3. University of California, Davis 73
  4. University of California, Irvine 73
  5. Lehigh University 72
  6. Purdue University–Main Campus 71
  7. Texas A&M University 71
  8. Tulane University of Louisiana 70

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Drexel 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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