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

17 Colleges
$71,429 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering Master'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.

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 Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in California to see which master'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.

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

Our analysis found University of California - San Diego to be the most popular school for biomedical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in California. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 39% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 51% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

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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 Master’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

Of the 38 students majoring in bio engineering at UC Berkeley, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means San Jose State University is a great place for biomedical engineering students working on their master’s degree. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the city of San Jose.

Of the 35 students majoring in bio engineering at San Jose State, 51% are male and 49% are female.

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#5

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #5 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.

Of the 30 students majoring in bio engineering at Stanford, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for biomedical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Women make up 64% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

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#6

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

Keck Graduate Institute came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. KGI is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Claremont.

About 64% of the students majoring in bio engineering at the school are women while 36% are male.

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University of California - Riverside came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. UCR is a fairly large public school located in the city of Riverside.

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

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With a ranking of #8, University of California - Irvine did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biomedical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

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

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University of California - Los Angeles landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree biomedical engineering programs. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Of the 23 students majoring in bio engineering at UCLA, 52% are male and 48% are female.

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Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Colleges 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 17 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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