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Biomedical engineering at UT Austin

UT Austin graduates about 125 biomedical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 21st 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, 1.07× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $21 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year1251% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$103,0001.07× the same major nationally
Research in the field$21Ma year, NSF
Admit rate27%whole school
SAT middle 50%1230–1500whole school

Around UT Austin

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Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium
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Where biomedical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Discovery Building, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Building, Biomedical Engineering Building, Louise and James Robert Moffett Molecular Biology Building, Continuing Engineering Education, O’Donnell Building for Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences, Biological Laboratories, Aerospace Engineering Building, Gary L. Thomas Energy Engineering Building, Engineering Education and Research Center, Engineering Teaching Center II, Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 142 · Dorm 16 · Athletics 11 · Arts 7 · Chapel 3 · Library 3.

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

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

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UT Austin 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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