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Biomedical engineering at UW

UW graduates about 84 biomedical engineering majors a year. That puts it 20th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $101,000 four years out, 1.05× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $33 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

82/100Standout#20 of 177 for biomedical engineering →
Graduates a year84under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$101,0001.05× the same major nationally
Research in the field$33Ma year, NSF
Admit rate39%whole school

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Where biomedical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Annex, Mechanical Engineering Building, Aerospace Engineering and Research Building (AERB), Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, Engineering Library, Interdisciplinary Engineering Building, Molecular Engineering and Sciences.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 139 · Dorm 32 · Athletics 16 · Student housing 12 · Library 6 · Arts 5.

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

  1. Boston University 84
  2. Harvard University 83
  3. University of California, Berkeley 83
  4. University of California, Los Angeles 82
  5. The University of Texas–Austin 81
  6. Northwestern University 81
  7. Yale University 80
  8. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 80

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UW 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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