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2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California

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$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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Biomedical Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the bio engineering doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - San Diego the most popular school in California for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 23% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biomedical engineering schools in California. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Women make up 48% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

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Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Of the 16 students majoring in bio engineering at UCLA, 69% are male and 31% are female.

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Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 44% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

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Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the # 3 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

Women make up 31% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of California - San Francisco helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biomedical engineering schools in California. Located in the city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 16 students majoring in bio engineering at UCSF, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

Of the 16 students majoring in bio engineering at UC Berkeley, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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University of California - Davis landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree biomedical engineering programs. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

About 23% of the students majoring in bio engineering at the school are women while 77% are male.

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California Institute of Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 11 students majoring in bio engineering at Caltech, 82% are male and 18% are female.

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With a ranking of #10, University of California - Riverside did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UCR is a very large public school located in the city of Riverside.

About 60% of the students majoring in bio engineering at the school are women while 40% are male.

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Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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 12 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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