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2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois

5 Colleges
$57,012 Avg Salary
$19,222 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges.

Top Illinois Schools in Biomedical Engineering

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in Illinois for biomedical engineering students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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The excellent 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 fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great place for biomedical engineering students. Illinois Tech is a moderately-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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC 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 University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

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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 5 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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