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Biomedical engineering at UCLA

UCLA graduates about 67 biomedical engineering majors a year. That puts it 19th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $117,000 four years out, 1.22× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $11 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

82/100Standout#19 of 177 for biomedical engineering →
Graduates a year67under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$117,0001.22× the same major nationally
Research in the field$11Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school

Around UCLA

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Aerial view of UCLA campus and Westwood, California, facing southeast
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Where biomedical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering VI, Wendy and Leonard Goldberg Medical Building, Engineering V, Peter Morton Medical Building, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Medical Building, Engineering IV, MacDonald Medical Research Laboratory, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 89 · Dorm 20 · Arts 8 · Athletics 7 · Dining 6 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

  1. Carnegie Mellon University 85
  2. Boston University 84
  3. Harvard University 83
  4. University of California, Berkeley 83
  5. University of Washington 82
  6. The University of Texas–Austin 81
  7. Northwestern University 81
  8. Yale University 80

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UCLA 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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