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

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$71,429 Avg Salary

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

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

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Illinois 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Chicago to be the most popular school for biomedical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

About 43% of the students majoring in bio engineering at the school are women while 57% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #2 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 small city of Champaign.

Of the 34 students majoring in bio engineering at UIUC, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biomedical engineering schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

About 52% of the students majoring in bio engineering at the school are women while 48% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biomedical engineering schools in Illinois. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Women make up 38% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 33% of the bio engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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 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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