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2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$40,896 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,429 Avg Salary

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

With 230 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, biomedical engineering is the #61 most popular major in Massachusetts.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Value Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for bio engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts

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

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Biomedical Engineering

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts - Lowell to be the best value school for biomedical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Massachusetts. UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMass Lowell are $15,210 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biomedical engineering schools in Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMass Amherst are $16,251 a year.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biomedical engineering schools in Massachusetts. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MIT are $58,967 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, MIT is ranked #1 for overall quality for bio engineering in Massachusetts.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the midsize city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

WPI graduate students pay an average of $29,040 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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#6

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Tufts are $55,216 a year.

Tufts not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#7

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University 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. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

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

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Best Value Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 94
Rhode Island 23
Maine 6
Vermont 2

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 7 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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