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

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$91,242 Avg Salary

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

Biomedical Engineering is the #68 most popular major in Illinois with 148 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Biomedical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for bio engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the most popular school in Illinois for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

About 44% of the students majoring in bio engineering at the school are women while 56% are male.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Biomedical Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biomedical engineering schools in Illinois. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Women make up 50% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Women make up 86% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 179
Ohio 109
Indiana 67
Wisconsin 61

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 4 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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