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Biomedical engineering at Northwestern

Northwestern graduates about 44 biomedical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 22nd of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a standout program at 81 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $103,000 four years out, 1.08× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $23 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

81/100Standout#22 of 177 for biomedical engineering →
Graduates a year442% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$103,0001.08× the same major nationally
Research in the field$23Ma year, NSF
Admit rate7%whole school
SAT middle 50%1520–1560whole school

Around Northwestern

A photo of the interior of Dearborn Observatory. The dome is open, the red light
Dearborn Telescope with open domePhoto: Jackricono · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Shakespeare Garden in Evanston (1915). It was established by the Garden Club
Shakespeare Garden (8105928197)Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Aggelos Katsaggelos
Aggelos KatsaggelosPhoto: Leandros89 · CC0 · source
This represents what PDMS looks like.
FabricwithinPDMSPhoto: Ih2283 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where biomedical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Seeley G. Mudd Science and Engineering Library, Hogan Biological Sciences Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 96 · Dorm 44 · Fraternity or sorority house 13 · Arts 8 · Chapel 5 · Athletics 3.

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

  1. University of California, Berkeley 83
  2. University of California, Los Angeles 82
  3. University of Washington 82
  4. The University of Texas–Austin 81
  5. Yale University 80
  6. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 80
  7. University of Southern California 79
  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison 79

Other strong majors at Northwestern

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Northwestern 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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