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2023 Most Popular Biological Engineering Schools

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Finding the Best Biological Engineering School for You

Biological Engineering is the #270 most popular major in the country with 80 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Biological Engineering Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Biological Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for biological engineering majors pursuing a .

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arizona the most popular school in the United States for biological engineering students. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Biological Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for biological engineering students. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

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#4

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Biological Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great place for biological engineering students. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

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Colorado School of Mines did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biological engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biological engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biological engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#9

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biological Engineering Schools ranking. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.

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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biological engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

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One of 39 majors within the area of study, biological engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 15 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jun Seita.

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