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Biomedical Engineering at University of Pennsylvania

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Biomedical Engineering at University of Pennsylvania

If you are interested in studying biomedical engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Pennsylvania. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 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.

UPenn Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UPenn Biomedical Engineering Rankings

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

52% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 bio engineering majors earned their master's degree from UPenn. Of these graduates, 48% were men and 52% were women.

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In the bio engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 22
International Students 18
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7,220 $150,400
Engineering Professors 2,950 $114,870
Biomedical Engineers 1,340 $78,840

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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