Biomedical Engineering at University of Utah

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

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a total student population of 33,081. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 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.

U of U Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

U of U Biomedical Engineering Rankings

There were 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at U of U

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

U of U Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 students earned a master's degree in bio engineering from U of U. About 34% of these graduates were women and the other 66% were men.

Of the students who received a bio engineering master's degree from U of U, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	31
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Geoscience Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• General 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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,230	$128,980
Biomedical Engineers	590	$70,980
Engineering Professors	320	$120,110

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 University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.