Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University

Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University

If you plan to study biomedical engineering, take a look at what Northwestern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biomedical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Northwestern Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Bio Engineering
  • Master’s Degree in Bio Engineering

Northwestern Biomedical Engineering Rankings

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bio engineering majors at Northwestern University.

Northwestern Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

49% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 51% of bio engineering master's degrees went to men and 49% went to women.

undefined

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a master's in bio engineering.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 16
International Students 16
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Biomedical Engineering

If you plan to be a bio engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwestern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering 43

Careers That Bio Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in bio engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers 9,760 $136,270
Biomedical Engineers 1,500 $98,420
Engineering Professors 1,330 $114,010

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.