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Biomedical engineering at RIT

RIT graduates about 48 biomedical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 85th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a solid program at 55 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $94,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

55/100Solid#85 of 177 for biomedical engineering →
Graduates a year482% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$94,0000.98× the same major nationally
Research in the field$3Ma year, NSF
Admit rate71%whole school
SAT middle 50%1270–1450whole school

Around RIT

Dirk Englund, Massachusetts Institute of Technology EECS, Large-Scale Photonic C
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The Bamboo Room (03-2610) is the seat of student government at the Rochester Ins
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Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend 2018 and 50th anniversary of the Henrie
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Demonstration of electric-powered snowmobile, Baja buggy, and formula race cars
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Where biomedical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Technology Hall (82), Center For Bioscience Education And Technology (75), Engineering Hall (17).

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 127 · Academic 63 · Student housing 31 · Dining 30 · Athletics 10 · Chapel 4.

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

  1. The College of New Jersey 57
  2. George Mason University 56
  3. Bucknell University 56
  4. CUNY–City College 56
  5. Colorado State University 55
  6. University of Cincinnati 55
  7. University at Buffalo–SUNY 54
  8. University of South Carolina 54

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares RIT 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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