Biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt graduates about 53 biomedical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 9th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a standout program at 89 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 $21 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Vanderbilt
Where biomedical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: VA Medical Center Garage, VA Medical Center, Science and Engineering Building, Biological Sciences Building/Medical Research Building III, Medical Arts, Medical Center East South Tower, Medical Center North, Eskind Biomedical Library, Medical Center East North Tower, Molecular Biology, Medical Child Care.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 83 · Dorm 40 · Student housing 10 · Athletics 7 · Arts 6 · Library 4.
Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Vanderbilt
- Music 100 · #1
- Political science & IR 96 · #10
- Languages 96 · #10
- Economics 95 · #17
- Art, music & theater 95 · #9
- Sociology & anthropology 94 · #11
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Vanderbilt 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.