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2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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$91,242 Avg Salary

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

Biomedical Engineering is the #57 most popular major in the country with 4,252 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the Southwest Region 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Rice University

Houston, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Rice University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

Of the 19 students majoring in bio engineering at Rice, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

About 59% of the students majoring in bio engineering at the school are women while 41% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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Out of the 15 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 55% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTHealth is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Houston.

Women make up 20% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Women make up 75% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

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#8

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree biomedical engineering programs. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in bio engineering at UH, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree biomedical engineering programs. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

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

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With a ranking of #10, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Dallas, UT Southwestern is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in bio engineering at UT Southwestern, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best biomedical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 329
Arizona 66
Oklahoma 8
New Mexico 18

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 15 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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