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2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

4 Colleges
$91,242 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Biomedical Engineering is the #68 most popular major in Illinois with 148 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for bio engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Illinois Schools for a Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best school for biomedical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Illinois. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Full Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in Illinois. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Biomedical Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago Report

Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 179
Ohio 109
Indiana 67
Wisconsin 61

One of 39 majors within the area of study, biomedical 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
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 UC Davis College of Engineering.

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