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Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

If you are interested in studying bioengineering & biomedical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and approximately 7,501 students attend the school each year.

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

RPI Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Bioengineering
  • Master’s Degree in Bioengineering

RPI Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in bioengineering, making the school the #72 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioengineering Student Demographics at RPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioengineering majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

79% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of bioengineering master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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In the bioengineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a master's in bioengineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 7
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Bioengineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioengineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7,330 $161,670
Engineering Professors 2,900 $127,010
Biomedical Engineers 440 $101,460

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.

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