Biomedical engineering at UC Merced
UC Merced graduates about 44 biomedical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 120th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a light program at 44 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $89,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.93×). Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UC Merced
Where biomedical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Science and Engineering Building I, Science & Engineering Building 2, Sustainability Research and Engineering, Medical Education Building, Biomedical Sciences and Physics.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 22 · Dorm 18 · Athletics 3 · Dining 2 · Library 1.
Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at UC Merced
- Biology 80 · #115
- Psychology 80 · #98
- English & writing 80 · #107
- Sociology & anthropology 79 · #137
- Engineering (all) 78 · #99
- Math & statistics 74 · #180
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UC Merced 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.