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

16 Colleges
$71,429 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering Master'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools

#1

Rice University

Houston, TX

Our analysis found Rice University to be the best school for biomedical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

Full Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Out of the 16 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

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#5

Baylor University

Waco, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at Baylor University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Waco.

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s best schools for biomedical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biomedical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biomedical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

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#9

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Full Biomedical Engineering at Texas Tech University Report

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biomedical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best biomedical engineering colleges 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 16 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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