Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

Every biomedical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the bio engineering program at The University of Texas at Austin stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received their master's degree in bio engineering.

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.

UT Austin Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Biomedical Engineering Rankings

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a master's degree in bio engineering from UT Austin. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Environmental Engineering

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200
Biomedical Engineers	900	$100,680

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.