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Biomedical/Medical Engineering.

Bachelor's Degree•165 Institutions

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.

Annual Full Cost vs. Median Earnings

Each dot represents one program at an institution. Shows the spread of annual sticker price (or net price if sticker price is unavailable) vs earnings 4 years post-grad.

Field Median ($93,533)
P25-P75 Interval ($87,420 - $100,601)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Breakeven Line (0% ROI)

SAT Average vs. Median Earnings

Each dot represents one program at an institution, plotted by that institution's average SAT score. SAT scores describe the school's undergraduate admissions overall, not this program, and come from enrollees who submitted scores.

Overall Median ($93,904)
P25-P75 Interval ($87,838 - $100,182)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
Trend: +$4,447 per 100 SAT points (R² 0.26, n=105)

Acceptance Rate vs. Median Earnings

Each dot represents one program at an institution, plotted by that institution's undergraduate acceptance rate, with the most selective schools on the right. Schools without a reported rate are grouped on the left.

Overall Median ($93,904)
P25-P75 Interval ($87,838 - $100,182)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
Trend: +$2,595 per 10 pts lower acceptance (R² 0.29, n=130)

These figures are medians for past graduates who received federal aid. Your cost and pay will differ. Run your own numbers in the Guided ROI Interview →

Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
New York
NY
$129,555
Nat: $93,451
5yr Post-Grad
$15,370
/yr
$11,500
+$510k
Houston
TX
$121,099
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$11,164
/yr
-
+$481k
Philadelphia
PA
$126,419
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$29,577
/yr
-
+$454k
Los Angeles
CA
$116,525
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$14,659
/yr
$13,000
+$433k
Nashville
TN
$116,662
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$15,497
/yr
-
+$431k
San Jose
CA
$116,274
Nat: $94,103
5yr Post-Grad
$14,241
/yr
-
+$416k
Baltimore
MD
$114,673
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$18,431
/yr
$11,427
+$406k
Cambridge
MA
$111,738
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$14,815
/yr
-
+$397k
Berkeley
CA
$110,597
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$14,538
/yr
$13,180
+$389k
Long Beach
CA
$106,540
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$9,426
/yr
$16,750
+$376k
Charlottesville
VA
$109,551
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$18,056
/yr
$17,500
+$368k
Detroit
MI
$106,048
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$11,212
/yr
$22,584
+$366k
San Luis Obispo
CA
$109,232
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$18,832
/yr
$19,500
+$363k
St. Louis
MO
$108,028
Nat: $93,451
5yr Post-Grad
$13,360
/yr
$17,741
+$358k
Atlanta
GA
$102,755
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$12,028
/yr
$21,875
+$338k
Dearborn
MI
$101,463
Nat: $93,451
5yr Post-Grad
$7,863
/yr
$15,728
+$328k
Ann Arbor
MI
$102,342
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$14,362
/yr
$17,625
+$327k
New York
NY
$95,685
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$1,557
/yr
-
+$322k
Durham
NC
$105,921
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$23,706
/yr
$14,125
+$320k
Seattle
WA
$100,930
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$13,663
/yr
$19,465
+$319k
Bethlehem
PA
$106,260
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$25,272
/yr
$20,000
+$317k
Austin
TX
$102,544
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$18,554
/yr
$20,500
+$313k
New Orleans
LA
$112,914
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$40,693
/yr
-
+$312k
Newark
DE
$101,175
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$16,337
/yr
$27,000
+$311k
Pittsburgh
PA
$109,648
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$35,780
/yr
$20,824
+$305k
Chapel Hill
NC
$97,992
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$11,305
/yr
$18,976
+$305k
Madison
WI
$99,762
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$16,600
/yr
$21,500
+$299k
Champaign
IL
$97,926
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$13,042
/yr
$19,097
+$298k
Bend
Earnings shared by 2 Oregon State University campuses, which report as one program.
OR
$100,182
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$17,853
/yr
$23,209
+$298k
Davis
CA
$98,504
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$14,318
/yr
$8,854
+$298k
La Jolla
CA
$98,687
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$14,794
/yr
$16,500
+$297k
Waterbury
Earnings shared by 5 University of Connecticut campuses, which report as one program.
CT
$95,682
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$8,616
/yr
$21,966
+$297k
Santa Clara
CA
$114,426
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$50,570
/yr
-
+$288k
Groton
Earnings shared by 5 University of Connecticut campuses, which report as one program.
CT
$95,682
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$11,184
/yr
$21,966
+$287k
Raleigh
NC
$98,129
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$16,486
/yr
$19,500
+$287k
Irvine
CA
$96,874
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$13,866
/yr
$15,009
+$287k
Philadelphia
PA
$101,101
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$23,058
/yr
$26,000
+$286k
Corvallis
Earnings shared by 2 Oregon State University campuses, which report as one program.
OR
$100,182
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$21,504
/yr
$23,209
+$285k
Santa Cruz
CA
$98,567
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$18,549
/yr
-
+$283k
Los Angeles
CA
$105,415
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$33,056
/yr
$12,540
+$283k
Minneapolis
MN
$97,611
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$17,330
/yr
$21,500
+$280k
Hartford
Earnings shared by 5 University of Connecticut campuses, which report as one program.
CT
$95,682
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$13,961
/yr
$21,966
+$277k
Stamford
Earnings shared by 5 University of Connecticut campuses, which report as one program.
CT
$95,682
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$14,226
/yr
$21,966
+$276k
Troy
NY
$103,306
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$32,758
/yr
$24,125
+$268k
Tucson
AZ
$95,625
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$17,125
/yr
$15,978
+$266k
Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale
Earnings shared by 2 Arizona State University campuses, which report as one program.
AZ
$92,974
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$11,594
/yr
$14,846
+$265k
Columbia
SC
$97,927
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$22,197
/yr
$21,500
+$265k
Evanston
IL
$102,994
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$34,420
/yr
$13,000
+$260k
Fairfax
VA
$93,533
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$14,697
/yr
$22,000
+$258k
Greensboro
NC
$91,235
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$9,884
/yr
$25,000
+$258k
West Lafayette
IN
$93,434
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$14,851
/yr
$18,458
+$257k
Fort Myers
FL
$91,676
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$11,555
/yr
-
+$256k
Tempe
Earnings shared by 2 Arizona State University campuses, which report as one program.
AZ
$92,974
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$14,694
/yr
$14,846
+$254k
Kingston
RI
$96,532
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$22,469
/yr
$19,500
+$253k
Boston
MA
$99,617
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$30,134
/yr
$27,000
+$249k
Gainesville
FL
$88,078
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$5,969
/yr
$9,854
+$248k
Vestal
NY
$94,859
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$20,907
/yr
$22,250
+$246k
University Park
PA
$100,416
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$33,675
/yr
$27,000
+$243k
Storrs
Earnings shared by 5 University of Connecticut campuses, which report as one program.
CT
$95,682
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$24,342
/yr
$21,966
+$240k
Riverside
CA
$90,041
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$12,672
/yr
$18,500
+$239k
Indianapolis
IN
$88,435
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$9,479
/yr
$22,000
+$238k
Washington
DC
$100,601
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$35,760
/yr
$20,500
+$236k
Philadelphia
PA
$101,362
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$37,529
/yr
$29,666
+$236k
Salt Lake City
UT
$96,353
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$27,314
/yr
$12,000
+$234k
Merced
CA
$88,795
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$11,583
/yr
$15,000
+$233k
Clemson
SC
$93,705
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$22,032
/yr
$20,770
+$233k
Miami
FL
$88,656
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$11,462
/yr
$18,000
+$233k
College Station
TX
$93,305
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$21,527
/yr
$19,169
+$232k
Birmingham
AL
$90,415
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$15,630
/yr
$17,070
+$231k
Chicago
IL
$87,393
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$9,540
/yr
$17,800
+$230k
Memphis
TN
$88,279
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$12,192
/yr
$22,625
+$227k
North Dartmouth
MA
$91,805
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$20,319
/yr
$27,000
+$225k
Hoboken
NJ
$99,842
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$37,396
/yr
$27,000
+$225k
Columbus
OH
$90,065
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$17,269
/yr
$19,592
+$223k
Boston
MA
$99,024
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$36,503
/yr
$20,500
+$222k
Coral Gables
FL
$98,997
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$36,483
/yr
$21,500
+$222k
Denver
CO
$86,190
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$10,217
/yr
$20,800
+$218k
Milwaukee
WI
$95,728
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$30,561
/yr
$22,500
+$218k
Denton
TX
$88,484
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$15,358
/yr
$21,750
+$217k
Durham
NH
$92,984
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$26,150
/yr
-
+$213k
Stony Brook
NY
$89,560
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$18,902
/yr
-
+$213k
Milwaukee
WI
$93,229
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$27,027
/yr
$27,000
+$212k
Richardson
TX
$87,420
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$15,271
/yr
$22,000
+$210k
Ruston
LA
$85,454
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$11,959
/yr
-
+$207k
Rochester
NY
$95,957
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$34,347
/yr
$19,000
+$206k
Golden
CO
$95,142
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$32,901
/yr
-
+$205k
Newark
NJ
$88,396
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$18,783
/yr
$19,594
+$204k
Medford
MA
$99,598
Nat: $93,451
5yr Post-Grad
$38,797
/yr
$14,749
+$203k
Cincinnati
OH
$90,897
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$24,917
/yr
$18,994
+$201k
Syracuse
NY
$99,521
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$43,336
/yr
$27,000
+$201k
Providence
RI
$91,674
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$26,976
/yr
-
+$200k
New Brunswick
NJ
$89,850
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$24,897
/yr
$19,500
+$194k
Toledo
OH
$85,751
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$16,406
/yr
$16,875
+$193k
Chicago
IL
$88,378
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$22,443
/yr
$23,000
+$191k
Houghton
MI
$83,916
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$13,446
/yr
$24,005
+$189k
Chester
PA
$89,794
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$26,151
/yr
$27,000
+$189k
Louisville
KY
$84,311
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$14,960
/yr
-
+$187k
Rochester
NY
$94,103
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$37,232
/yr
$27,250
+$182k
Akron
OH
$82,540
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$13,072
/yr
$12,000
+$180k
Iowa City
IA
$86,894
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$22,508
/yr
$27,000
+$180k
Oxford
OH
$89,052
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$29,447
/yr
$22,000
+$171k
Springfield
MA
$87,838
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$27,077
/yr
$27,000
+$170k
Buffalo
NY
$84,920
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$21,775
/yr
$20,500
+$167k
Richmond
VA
$86,295
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$25,037
/yr
$15,363
+$166k
Baton Rouge
LA
$85,107
Nat: $93,451
5yr Post-Grad
$19,286
/yr
$19,352
+$165k
Fort Collins
CO
$86,385
Nat: $93,451
5yr Post-Grad
$22,247
/yr
-
+$164k
Cleveland
OH
$94,168
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$44,622
/yr
$21,500
+$156k
San Antonio
TX
$77,774
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$9,872
/yr
$22,358
+$155k
Pittsburgh
PA
$86,893
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$29,362
/yr
$26,790
+$155k
Schenectady
NY
$86,182
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$28,128
/yr
$27,000
+$154k
Saint Louis
MO
$86,844
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$29,674
/yr
$19,500
+$153k
Glassboro
NJ
$84,059
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$23,938
/yr
$17,000
+$153k
Worcester
MA
$92,806
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$43,885
/yr
$27,000
+$148k
Orono
ME
$80,059
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$17,224
/yr
$27,000
+$146k
Wright State University-Main Campus
Dayton
OH
$77,864
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$13,715
/yr
-
+$142k
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne
FL
$88,120
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$36,511
/yr
-
+$139k
Pittsburgh
PA
$88,272
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$37,704
/yr
$27,000
+$135k
Terre Haute
IN
$90,484
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$43,360
/yr
$25,052
+$132k
Southern California Institute of Technology
Anaheim
CA
$84,844
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$32,201
/yr
-
+$129k
Wichita
KS
$72,936
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$10,307
/yr
$19,961
+$117k
Fayetteville
AR
$75,972
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$17,571
/yr
$19,561
+$114k
Washington
DC
$81,519
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$32,543
/yr
-
+$102k
Mississippi State
MS
$74,542
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$18,781
/yr
$21,250
+$99k
Southfield
MI
$80,937
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$33,466
/yr
-
+$95k
Knoxville
TN
$69,476
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$18,314
/yr
$22,750
+$61k
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington
TX
$67,246
Nat: $93,451
4yr Post-Grad
$17,040
/yr
$8,068
+$49k
Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne
IN
$62,260
Nat: $93,451
2yr Post-Grad
$22,171
/yr
-
+$11k
Alabama State University
Montgomery
AL
-
Nat: $93,451
$9,775
/yr
-
-$0
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix
AZ
-
Nat: $93,451
$21,509
/yr
$27,500
-$0
Searcy
AR
-
Nat: $93,451
$19,786
/yr
-
-$0
Riverside
CA
-
Nat: $93,451
$24,138
/yr
-
-$0
Pasadena
CA
-
Nat: $93,451
$8,509
/yr
-
-$0
Fairfield
CT
-
Nat: $93,451
$49,906
/yr
-
-$0
New Haven
CT
-
Nat: $93,451
$11,340
/yr
-
-$0
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $93,451
$36,340
/yr
-
-$0
Dekalb
IL
-
Nat: $93,451
$14,505
/yr
$29,000
-$0
Angola
IN
-
Nat: $93,451
$19,748
/yr
$27,000
-$0
Sioux Center
IA
-
Nat: $93,451
$25,944
/yr
-
-$0
Beverly
MA
-
Nat: $93,451
$39,219
/yr
-
-$0
Cambridge
MA
-
Nat: $93,451
$19,148
/yr
-
-$0
Lowell
MA
-
Nat: $93,451
$17,362
/yr
$23,250
-$0
Jackson State University
Jackson
MS
-
Nat: $93,451
$34,119
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia
MO
-
Nat: $93,451
$21,142
/yr
$22,475
-$0
Bozeman
MT
-
Nat: $93,451
$23,106
/yr
$14,125
-$0
Reno
NV
-
Nat: $93,451
$13,797
/yr
-
-$0
Hanover
NH
-
Nat: $93,451
$26,707
/yr
-
-$0
Ewing
NJ
-
Nat: $93,451
$26,752
/yr
$27,000
-$0
Alfred
NY
-
Nat: $93,451
$22,325
/yr
-
-$0
Ithaca
NY
-
Nat: $93,451
$33,934
/yr
$16,962
-$0
Syracuse
NY
-
Nat: $93,451
$18,375
/yr
-
-$0
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond
OK
-
Nat: $93,451
$18,348
/yr
-
-$0
Norman
OK
-
Nat: $93,451
$15,531
/yr
$22,500
-$0
Tulsa
OK
-
Nat: $93,451
$29,244
/yr
-
-$0
Erie
PA
-
Nat: $93,451
$24,443
/yr
-
-$0
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $93,451
$11,439
/yr
$17,050
-$0
LeTourneau University
Longview
TX
-
Nat: $93,451
$26,985
/yr
-
-$0
Burlington
VT
-
Nat: $93,451
$20,277
/yr
$19,500
-$0
College Place
WA
-
Nat: $93,451
$27,786
/yr
-
-$0
Morgantown
WV
-
Nat: $93,451
$18,020
/yr
$25,000
-$0
Milwaukee
WI
-
Nat: $93,451
$15,625
/yr
$25,250
-$0
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico
Hato Rey
PR
-
Nat: $93,451
$13,797
/yr
$20,249
-$0
Stanford
CA
-
Nat: $93,451
$12,307
/yr
-
-$0
Lewisburg
PA
$66,821
Nat: $93,451
2yr Post-Grad
$50,021
/yr
-
-$52k
Pullman
WA
$42,682
Nat: $93,451
2yr Post-Grad
$13,462
/yr
-
-$127k
Stockton
CA
$33,993
Nat: $93,451
2yr Post-Grad
$24,186
/yr
-
-$244k
Analysis Notes:
  • Lifetime Value Added: Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate, accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes.
  • Avg Net Price: The average price paid by students who receive federal financial aid (grants/loans).