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2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$42,267 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,429 Avg Salary

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

With 34 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, biomedical engineering is the #83 most popular major in District of Columbia.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for bio engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Biomedical Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for biomedical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.

GWU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at George Washington University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Catholic University of America is a great value for biomedical engineering students working on their master’s degree. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

CUA graduate students pay an average of $51,630 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CUA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

Full Biomedical Engineering at Catholic University of America Report

Best Value Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 501
Pennsylvania 275
Maryland 193
New Jersey 107
Delaware 11

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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