Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 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.

UH Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UH Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in bioengineering, making the school the #54 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioengineering Student Demographics at UH

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioengineering majors at University of Houston.

UH Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of bioengineering master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

In the bioengineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	1
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.