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2023 Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

20 Colleges
$56,486 Avg Salary
$21,662 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering 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 Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 the Southwest Region .

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Arlington to be the most popular school for biomedical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

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The excellent programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 20 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 3 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

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#4

Rice University

Houston, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Rice University is a great place for biomedical engineering students. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biomedical engineering students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

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With a ranking of #9, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biomedical engineering students. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

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#10

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biomedical engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

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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 20 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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