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Amherst, MA · Biomedical engineering

Biomedical engineering at UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst graduates about 74 biomedical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 28th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $7 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

78/100Strong#28 of 177 for biomedical engineering →
Graduates a year741% of the class
Research in the field$7Ma year, NSF
Admit rate60%whole school
SAT middle 50%1330–1480whole school

Around UMass Amherst

Me (Cathy Setzer), Cornel West and a large piece of pizza. I work for APSA, and
Cornel happens to love pizzaPhoto: DCist · CC BY 2.0 · source
Waiting for Bernie
Waiting for Bernie (23506174334)Photo: Steven Brewer from Amherst, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Fine Arts Center door
Fine Arts Center door - panoramioPhoto: Jon Platek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Old Chapel steeple
Old Chapel steeple - panoramioPhoto: Jon Platek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where biomedical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Lab II, Engineering Laboratory, Agricultural Engineering Center, Agricultural Engineering North, Agricultural Engineering Annex A, Agricultural Engineering Annex B, Agricultural Engineering South, Knowles Engineering Bulding, Sustainable Engineering Laboratories.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 100 · Dorm 44 · Athletics 9 · Dining 8 · Student housing 6 · Chapel 4.

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

  1. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 80
  2. University of Southern California 79
  3. University of Wisconsin–Madison 79
  4. Virginia Tech 78
  5. Dartmouth College 77
  6. University of California San Diego 77
  7. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 76
  8. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 76

Other strong majors at UMass Amherst

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UMass Amherst 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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