Biomedical engineering at Iowa
Iowa graduates about 96 biomedical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 102nd of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a solid program at 50 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $87,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.91×). Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Where biomedical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Medical Education Research Facility ( MERF ), John W Eckstein Medical Research Building, Medical Laboratories, Medical Research Center, Medical Education Building, Iowa Bioscience Innovation Facility, Carver Biomedical Research Building, Pappajohn Biological Discovery Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 64 · Athletics 12 · Student housing 10 · Dorm 5 · Arts 2 · Offices 1.
Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Iowa
- Kinesiology & exercise science 89 · #26
- Marketing 88 · #30
- Accounting 87 · #45
- Math & statistics 86 · #74
- Business & finance 85 · #60
- Political science & IR 83 · #105
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Iowa 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.