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Biomedical engineering at Minnesota

Minnesota graduates about 81 biomedical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 36th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a strong program at 74 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $98,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $45 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year811% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$98,0001.02× the same major nationally
Research in the field$45Ma year, NSF
Admit rate80%whole school
SAT middle 50%1310–1460whole school

Around Minnesota

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McNamara Alumni Center, University of Minnesota (32718108201)Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where biomedical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota Medical Center East Bank Hospital, Civil Engineering Building, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Wallin Medical Biosciences Building, Microbiology Research Facility.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 73 · Athletics 10 · Fraternity or sorority house 9 · Dorm 5 · Student housing 5 · Chapel 3.

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

  1. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 76
  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 75
  3. Case Western Reserve University 75
  4. North Carolina State University 74
  5. University of California, Davis 73
  6. University of California, Irvine 73
  7. Drexel University 72
  8. Lehigh University 72

Other strong majors at Minnesota

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Minnesota 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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