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Biomedical engineering at Wisconsin

Wisconsin graduates about 122 biomedical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 26th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a strong program at 79 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $100,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $17 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year1221% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$100,0001.04× the same major nationally
Research in the field$17Ma year, NSF
Admit rate45%whole school
SAT middle 50%1400–1490whole school

Around Wisconsin

By Babcock Hall at Linden Drive / Babcock Drive on the University of Wisconsin–M
Plaque about the first reliable test of milk quality (53939412283)Photo: Chris Rycroft from Madison, Wisconsin, United States · CC BY 2.0 · source
Babcock Hall
Babcock Hall - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source
Agricultural Heating station
Agricultural Heating station - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source

Where biomedical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Biotron Laboratory, Hanson Biomedical Sciences Building, Agricultural Engineering Laboratory, DeLuca Biochemistry Laboratories, Medical Sciences, Bardeen Medical Laboratories, DeLuca Biochemistry Building, DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building, Agricultural Engineering, Engineering Centers Building, Mechanical Engineering Building, Materials Science and Engineering.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 145 · Dorm 28 · Student housing 23 · Athletics 12 · Arts 7 · Chapel 6.

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

  1. Northwestern University 81
  2. Yale University 80
  3. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 80
  4. University of Southern California 79
  5. Virginia Tech 78
  6. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 78
  7. Dartmouth College 77
  8. University of California San Diego 77

Other strong majors at Wisconsin

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Wisconsin 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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