Engineering

Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Prepares you to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of biomedical and health systems and products such as integrated biomedical systems, instrumentation, medical information systems, artificial organs and prostheses, and health management and care delivery systems.

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Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering: Prepares you to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of biomedical and health systems and products such as integrated biomedical systems, instrumentation, medical information systems, artificial organs and prostheses, and health management and care delivery systems.

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Architectural and Engineering Managers

Median pay: $171,270
Hiring change through 2035: 5.5%
Job openings a year: 14,900

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary

Median pay: $109,270
Hiring change through 2035: 7.8%
Job openings a year: 3,900

To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree

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Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

Median pay: $109,370
Hiring change through 2035: 7.6%
Job openings a year: 1,200

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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All work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it. The figures beside each career are the pay of that work, across everyone doing it. Graduates of this field earn $54,181 one year after completing the program, which is the start of a career rather than the shape of one.

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Where to study it

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College	Degrees a year	Earnings, first year out	Admit rate	Average annual cost after aid
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA	266	$67,345	16%	$11,000
Texas A & M University-College Station TX	163	$68,154	63%	$17,000
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC	160	$48,979	40%	$13,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC	149	$56,387	19%	$9,000
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ	139	$50,335	65%	$18,000
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI	138	—	18%	$5,000
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI	137	$63,620	43%	$8,000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ	136	$56,023	90%	$17,000
Boston University MA	132	$61,357	11%	$12,000
The University of Texas at Austin TX	132	$69,298	29%	$17,000
Clemson University SC	128	$54,462	38%	$19,000
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA	121	$57,498	59%	$32,000
University of California-Irvine CA	119	$51,200	26%	$12,000
Purdue University-Main Campus IN	116	$62,226	50%	$9,000
University of Florida FL	115	—	24%	$7,000
University of California-Berkeley CA	113	$53,573	12%	$10,000
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA	112	—	17%	$13,000
Johns Hopkins University MD	108	$35,386	8%	$4,000
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA	108	$55,595	54%	$26,000
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ	102	$60,280	67%	$16,000
Duke University NC	102	$67,573	7%	$6,000
University of Iowa IA	99	$51,874	85%	$20,000
Case Western Reserve University OH	95	$60,434	29%	$21,000
University of California-San Diego CA	92	$45,324	25%	$10,000
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH	89	$45,967	51%	$10,000
The University of Texas at Dallas TX	89	$54,105	65%	$14,000
University of California-Davis CA	87	$51,679	42%	$12,000
Drexel University PA	87	$56,453	78%	$35,000
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL	86	$74,716	44%	$8,000
University of California-Riverside CA	84	$43,664	63%	$13,000
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA	82	—	58%	$13,000
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN	81	$52,608	77%	$10,000
Florida International University FL	79	$53,573	59%	$11,000
University of Illinois Chicago IL	77	$42,675	79%	$11,000
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA	77	$50,892	43%	$8,000
University of Connecticut CT	75	$62,219	54%	$21,000
University of Utah UT	73	$60,458	87%	$14,000
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA	71	$72,746	30%	$10,000
University of California-Los Angeles CA	70	—	9%	$10,000
San Jose State University CA	68	—	80%	$12,000

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