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2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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$91,242 Avg Salary

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

Biomedical Engineering is the #57 most popular major in the country with 4,252 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Rice University

Houston, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Rice University the best school in the Southwest Region for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great place for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Houston helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a very large student population.

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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #6 on this year’s Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.

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#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biomedical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

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The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #10 on this year’s Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

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Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best biomedical engineering schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 329
Arizona 66
Oklahoma 8
New Mexico 18

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 11 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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