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Biomedical/Medical Engineering.

Master's Degree•150 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 ($105,496)
P25-P75 Interval ($94,556 - $113,487)
Bachelor's Baseline ($56,938)
Breakeven Line (0% ROI)

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
Medford
MA
$151,062
Nat: $106,375
5yr Post-Grad
$38,797
/yr
$32,724
+$587k
Philadelphia
PA
$132,238
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$29,577
/yr
$57,129
+$467k
La Jolla
CA
$127,935
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$14,794
/yr
$34,167
+$457k
Atlanta
GA
$123,746
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$12,028
/yr
$30,750
+$426k
Los Angeles
CA
$119,828
Nat: $106,375
5yr Post-Grad
$14,659
/yr
-
+$367k
Los Angeles
CA
$121,165
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$33,056
/yr
-
+$365k
Ithaca
NY
$120,467
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$33,934
/yr
$44,556
+$357k
Baltimore
MD
$115,950
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$18,431
/yr
$41,000
+$347k
Waterbury
Earnings shared by 5 University of Connecticut campuses, which report as one program.
CT
$113,487
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$8,616
/yr
-
+$343k
Groton
Earnings shared by 5 University of Connecticut campuses, which report as one program.
CT
$113,487
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$11,184
/yr
-
+$338k
Ann Arbor
MI
$113,680
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$14,362
/yr
$20,500
+$334k
Hartford
Earnings shared by 5 University of Connecticut campuses, which report as one program.
CT
$113,487
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$13,961
/yr
-
+$333k
Providence
RI
$118,502
Nat: $106,375
5yr Post-Grad
$26,976
/yr
$41,000
+$333k
Stamford
Earnings shared by 5 University of Connecticut campuses, which report as one program.
CT
$113,487
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$14,226
/yr
-
+$333k
San Luis Obispo
CA
$113,572
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$18,832
/yr
-
+$325k
Minneapolis
MN
$112,691
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$17,330
/yr
$36,574
+$320k
Houston
TX
$110,932
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$11,164
/yr
-
+$316k
Storrs
Earnings shared by 5 University of Connecticut campuses, which report as one program.
CT
$113,487
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$24,342
/yr
-
+$314k
Pittsburgh
PA
$116,485
Nat: $106,375
5yr Post-Grad
$29,362
/yr
$32,012
+$311k
Durham
NC
$112,081
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$23,706
/yr
-
+$303k
Riverside
CA
$109,400
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$12,672
/yr
-
+$300k
Madison
WI
$109,392
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$16,600
/yr
$20,500
+$293k
Boston
MA
$113,482
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$36,503
/yr
$63,500
+$292k
Vestal
NY
$112,389
Nat: $106,375
5yr Post-Grad
$20,907
/yr
-
+$292k
Lowell
MA
$107,285
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$17,362
/yr
-
+$273k
New Brunswick
NJ
$108,578
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$24,897
/yr
-
+$270k
Detroit
MI
$103,906
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$11,212
/yr
-
+$255k
Newark
NJ
$104,927
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$18,783
/yr
-
+$250k
Los Angeles
CA
$109,396
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$50,518
/yr
-
+$230k
Rochester
NY
$105,240
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$34,347
/yr
$20,500
+$224k
Washington
DC
$105,496
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$35,760
/yr
-
+$224k
Tempe
AZ
$100,618
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$14,694
/yr
$20,500
+$220k
Worcester
MA
$106,581
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$43,885
/yr
-
+$218k
Philadelphia
PA
$104,990
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$37,529
/yr
$41,000
+$216k
Clemson
SC
$100,816
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$22,032
/yr
$20,500
+$208k
Champaign
IL
$98,771
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$13,042
/yr
-
+$206k
Hoboken
NJ
$103,095
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$37,396
/yr
$21,218
+$200k
Pittsburgh
PA
$104,076
Nat: $106,375
5yr Post-Grad
$35,780
/yr
$72,500
+$193k
Berkeley
CA
$92,632
Nat: $108,578
2yr Post-Grad
$14,538
/yr
-
+$183k
Richardson
TX
$96,230
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$15,271
/yr
-
+$180k
Cleveland
OH
$94,556
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$13,754
/yr
-
+$168k
Stony Brook
NY
$95,322
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$18,902
/yr
-
+$165k
New York
NY
$89,305
Nat: $106,375
2yr Post-Grad
$15,370
/yr
$65,131
+$151k
Evanston
IL
$95,167
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$34,420
/yr
-
+$136k
San Jose
CA
$84,653
Nat: $108,578
2yr Post-Grad
$14,241
/yr
-
+$111k
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington
TX
$89,346
Nat: $106,375
5yr Post-Grad
$17,040
/yr
-
+$101k
Louisville
KY
$85,209
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$14,960
/yr
-
+$84k
Santa Clara
CA
$88,639
Nat: $106,375
2yr Post-Grad
$50,570
/yr
-
+$80k
Buffalo
NY
$82,528
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$21,775
/yr
$20,500
+$48k
Gainesville
FL
$78,751
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
$5,969
/yr
-
+$44k
Birmingham
AL
-
Nat: $106,375
$15,630
/yr
-
-$0
Tucson
AZ
-
Nat: $106,375
$17,125
/yr
-
-$0
Pasadena
CA
-
Nat: $106,375
$8,509
/yr
-
-$0
Davis
CA
-
Nat: $106,375
$14,318
/yr
-
-$0
Irvine
CA
-
Nat: $106,375
$13,866
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $106,375
$13,243
/yr
-
-$0
Denver
CO
-
Nat: $106,375
$10,217
/yr
-
-$0
Fort Collins
CO
-
Nat: $106,375
$22,247
/yr
-
-$0
Denver
CO
-
Nat: $106,375
$31,961
/yr
-
-$0
Bridgeport
CT
-
Nat: $106,375
$28,356
/yr
-
-$0
West Haven
CT
-
Nat: $106,375
$32,994
/yr
-
-$0
Newark
DE
-
Nat: $106,375
$16,337
/yr
-
-$0
Washington
DC
-
Nat: $106,375
$32,543
/yr
-
-$0
Orlando
FL
-
Nat: $106,375
$11,516
/yr
-
-$0
Boca Raton
FL
-
Nat: $106,375
$10,394
/yr
-
-$0
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne
FL
-
Nat: $106,375
$36,511
/yr
-
-$0
Miami
FL
-
Nat: $106,375
$11,462
/yr
-
-$0
Tallahassee
FL
-
Nat: $106,375
$8,605
/yr
-
-$0
Atlanta
GA
-
Nat: $106,375
$16,754
/yr
-
-$0
Mercer University
Macon
GA
-
Nat: $106,375
$24,778
/yr
-
-$0
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $106,375
$9,540
/yr
-
-$0
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $106,375
$22,443
/yr
-
-$0
Carbondale
IL
-
Nat: $106,375
$12,554
/yr
-
-$0
Indianapolis
IN
-
Nat: $106,375
$9,479
/yr
-
-$0
Notre Dame
IN
-
Nat: $106,375
$25,339
/yr
-
-$0
Terre Haute
IN
-
Nat: $106,375
$43,360
/yr
-
-$0
Iowa City
IA
-
Nat: $106,375
$22,508
/yr
-
-$0
Lawrence
KS
-
Nat: $106,375
$20,004
/yr
-
-$0
Wichita
KS
-
Nat: $106,375
$10,307
/yr
-
-$0
Lexington
KY
-
Nat: $106,375
$18,868
/yr
-
-$0
New Orleans
LA
-
Nat: $106,375
$40,693
/yr
-
-$0
Cambridge
MA
-
Nat: $106,375
$19,148
/yr
-
-$0
Southfield
MI
-
Nat: $106,375
$33,466
/yr
-
-$0
Houghton
MI
-
Nat: $106,375
$13,446
/yr
-
-$0
Dearborn
MI
-
Nat: $106,375
$7,863
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Cloud
MN
-
Nat: $106,375
$16,062
/yr
-
-$0
Mississippi State
MS
-
Nat: $106,375
$18,781
/yr
-
-$0
St. Louis
MO
-
Nat: $106,375
$13,360
/yr
-
-$0
Las Vegas
NV
-
Nat: $106,375
$11,062
/yr
-
-$0
Reno
NV
-
Nat: $106,375
$13,797
/yr
-
-$0
Albuquerque
NM
-
Nat: $106,375
$19,966
/yr
-
-$0
Alfred
NY
-
Nat: $106,375
$22,325
/yr
-
-$0
New York
NY
-
Nat: $106,375
$1,557
/yr
-
-$0
New York
NY
-
Nat: $106,375
$35,737
/yr
$61,375
-$0
Syracuse
NY
-
Nat: $106,375
$43,336
/yr
-
-$0
Greenville
NC
-
Nat: $106,375
$16,880
/yr
-
-$0
Greensboro
NC
-
Nat: $106,375
$9,884
/yr
-
-$0
Chapel Hill
NC
-
Nat: $106,375
$11,305
/yr
-
-$0
Raleigh
NC
-
Nat: $106,375
$16,486
/yr
-
-$0
Winston-Salem
NC
-
Nat: $106,375
$28,165
/yr
-
-$0
Grand Forks
ND
-
Nat: $106,375
$18,131
/yr
-
-$0
Akron
OH
-
Nat: $106,375
$13,072
/yr
-
-$0
Cleveland
OH
-
Nat: $106,375
$44,622
/yr
-
-$0
Cincinnati
OH
-
Nat: $106,375
$24,917
/yr
-
-$0
Dayton
OH
-
Nat: $106,375
$30,366
/yr
-
-$0
Columbus
OH
-
Nat: $106,375
$17,269
/yr
-
-$0
Athens
OH
-
Nat: $106,375
$20,666
/yr
-
-$0
Toledo
OH
-
Nat: $106,375
$16,406
/yr
-
-$0
Norman
OK
-
Nat: $106,375
$15,531
/yr
-
-$0
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland
OR
-
Nat: $106,375
-
/yr
-
-$0
Portland
OR
-
Nat: $106,375
$28,803
/yr
-
-$0
Pittsburgh
PA
-
Nat: $106,375
$37,704
/yr
-
-$0
Bethlehem
PA
-
Nat: $106,375
$25,272
/yr
-
-$0
University Park
PA
-
Nat: $106,375
$33,675
/yr
-
-$0
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $106,375
$23,058
/yr
-
-$0
Chester
PA
-
Nat: $106,375
$26,151
/yr
-
-$0
Wilkes-Barre
PA
-
Nat: $106,375
$25,799
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia
SC
-
Nat: $106,375
$22,197
/yr
-
-$0
Rapid City
SD
-
Nat: $106,375
$20,827
/yr
-
-$0
Vermillion
SD
-
Nat: $106,375
$20,028
/yr
-
-$0
Memphis
TN
-
Nat: $106,375
$12,192
/yr
-
-$0
Knoxville
TN
-
Nat: $106,375
$18,314
/yr
-
-$0
Nashville
TN
-
Nat: $106,375
$15,497
/yr
-
-$0
Waco
TX
-
Nat: $106,375
$44,441
/yr
-
-$0
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $106,375
$11,439
/yr
-
-$0
Denton
TX
-
Nat: $106,375
$15,358
/yr
-
-$0
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $106,375
-
/yr
-
-$0
College Station
TX
-
Nat: $106,375
$21,527
/yr
-
-$0
Austin
TX
-
Nat: $106,375
$18,554
/yr
-
-$0
El Paso
TX
-
Nat: $106,375
$6,803
/yr
-
-$0
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $106,375
$9,872
/yr
-
-$0
Lubbock
TX
-
Nat: $106,375
$19,890
/yr
-
-$0
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $106,375
-
/yr
-
-$0
Salt Lake City
UT
-
Nat: $106,375
$27,314
/yr
-
-$0
Blacksburg
VA
-
Nat: $106,375
$25,808
/yr
-
-$0
Richmond
VA
-
Nat: $106,375
$25,037
/yr
-
-$0
Charlottesville
VA
-
Nat: $106,375
$18,056
/yr
-
-$0
Seattle
WA
-
Nat: $106,375
$13,663
/yr
-
-$0
Milwaukee
WI
-
Nat: $106,375
$30,561
/yr
-
-$0
Mayaguez
PR
-
Nat: $106,375
$14,997
/yr
-
-$0
Stanford
CA
-
Nat: $106,375
$12,307
/yr
-
-$0
West Lafayette
IN
-
Nat: $106,375
$14,851
/yr
-
-$0
Merced
CA
-
Nat: $106,375
$11,583
/yr
-
-$0
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis
TN
-
Nat: $106,375
-
/yr
-
-$0
Coral Gables
FL
$73,446
Nat: $106,375
2yr Post-Grad
$36,483
/yr
-
-$32k
Troy
NY
$71,854
Nat: $106,375
2yr Post-Grad
$32,758
/yr
-
-$40k
Wright State University-Main Campus
Dayton
OH
$62,012
Nat: $106,375
2yr Post-Grad
$13,715
/yr
-
-$96k
Tampa
FL
$50,856
Nat: $106,375
2yr Post-Grad
$8,648
/yr
-
-$196k
San Francisco
CA
$191,778
Nat: $106,375
5yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-Cost not reported
Claremont
CA
$127,709
Nat: $106,375
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-Cost not reported
Analysis Notes:
  • Lifetime Value Added: Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median bachelor's degree holder, 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).Note: For graduate programs, the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition and net price.