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2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$23,423 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,242 Avg Salary

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

Biomedical Engineering is the #37 most popular major in California with 666 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 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for bio engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering

Our analysis found University of California - Los Angeles to be the best value school for biomedical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

UCLA graduate students pay an average of $13,036 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biomedical engineering schools in California. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,160 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UC Berkeley is ranked #3 for overall quality for bio engineering in California.

Full Biomedical Engineering at University of California - Berkeley Report

Out of the 9 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCSD are $13,564 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Davis are $13,608 per year.

Full Biomedical Engineering at University of California - Davis Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

UC Irvine graduate students pay an average of $13,356 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of California - Irvine

University of California - Riverside 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 #6 on the list. UCR is a very large public school located in the large city of Riverside.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCR are $13,467 a year.

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University of California - Merced came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the rural area of Merced, UC Merced is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Merced are $13,207 per year.

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree biomedical engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stanford are $55,011 per year.

Stanford also took the #1 spot in our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California rankings.

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University of Southern California ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USC are $61,396 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USC also did well on our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of Southern California

Best Value Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 37
Oregon 11
Nevada 6

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 9 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 UC Davis College of Engineering.

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