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2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois

5 Colleges
$57,012 Avg Salary
$19,222 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Illinois to see which 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.

Check out the bio engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Illinois.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Chicago the most popular school in Illinois for biomedical engineering students. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for biomedical engineering students. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great place for biomedical engineering students. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools 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 5 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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