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September 30, 2010

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Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Arizona State U. Bioengineering	37	65	24	63	14	54	37	62	26	51
Boston U. Biomedical Engineering	7	28	13	43	18	54	40	62	2	9
California Institute of Technology Bioengineering	1	3	1	1	21	60	69	73	2	12
Case Western Reserve U. Biomedical Engineering	17	44	18	55	23	58	35	61	6	18
City U. of New York Graduate Center Biomedical Engineering	16	45	10	43	18	59	1	4	46	66
Clemson U. Bioengineering	30	63	27	67	9	56	33	58	29	52
Cleveland State U. Engineering (Chemical and Applied Biomedical)	40	64	54	71	4	18	31	64	49	69
Columbia U. Biomedical Engineering	10	41	4	30	52	70	16	44	21	40
Cornell U. Biomedical Engineering	16	49	4	29	35	64	7	17	28	49
Drexel U. Biomedical Engineering	35	62	38	69	70	72	8	19	27	61
Duke U. Biomedical Engineering	4	22	5	30	11	46	31	57	3	12
Georgia Institute of Technology Bioengineering	8	35	7	36	13	52	18	45	9	23
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory U. Biomedical Engineering	10	33	13	48	4	17	10	38	19	38
Johns Hopkins U. Biomedical Engineering	5	24	5	26	13	49	12	32	8	19
Marquette U. Biomedical Engineering	60	71	43	70	13	44	71	73	53	69
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Biological Engineering, Health Science and Technology	3	17	2	11	73	74	48	65	1	5
Michigan State U. Biosystems Engineering	52	69	56	72	13	51	6	14	53	69
New Jersey Institute of Technology Biomedical Engineering	12	40	31	68	1	4	2	7	54	70
North- western U. Biomedical Engineering	11	38	11	43	19	56	26	56	10	21
Ohio State U. Main Campus Biomedical Engineering	32	60	28	63	51	68	14	39	28	50
Ohio State U. Main Campus Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering	52	70	27	65	20	61	21	54	49	71
Oregon Health and Science U. Biomedical Engineering	9	31	36	64	1	4	36	65	21	48
Pennsyl- vania State U. Bioengineering	9	38	16	56	4	19	17	52	25	51
Purdue U. Main Campus Biomedical Engineering	25	53	29	65	4	15	12	33	26	47
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Biomedical Engineering	34	60	40	66	38	69	2	8	42	64
Rice U. Bioengineering	4	21	4	27	5	20	33	60	6	20
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick and U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at Piscataway Biomedical Engineering	34	62	29	65	22	61	26	53	16	32
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Biomedical Engineering	11	42	8	38	4	26	31	60	34	62
Texas A&M U. Biomedical Engineering	33	62	36	68	31	68	48	67	25	55
Thomas Jefferson U. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	6	33	9	46	1	3	39	67	25	56
Tulane U. Biomedical Engineering	68	72	70	72	36	69	31	66	26	53
U. of Akron Biomedical Engineering	74	74	73	74	72	74	18	53	73	74
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Biomedical Engineering	37	62	27	61	28	62	59	69	25	48
U. of Arizona Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering	64	72	48	71	30	69	21	51	67	73
U. of Arizona Biomedical Engineering	12	46	14	52	4	37	40	64	21	42
U. of California at Berkeley and at San Francisco Bioengineering	1	6	2	17	8	34	14	39	2	8
U. of California at Davis Biomedical Engineering	26	54	24	57	7	29	26	57	22	41
U. of California at Irvine Biomedical Engineering	9	39	3	23	17	62	46	66	20	44
U. of California at Los Angeles Biomedical Engineering	5	31	4	23	13	48	51	67	12	31
U. of California at San Diego Bioengineering	1	4	2	8	14	51	59	70	1	2
U. of Connec- ticut Biomedical Engineering Ph.D.	36	64	25	62	31	65	18	43	40	60
U. of Florida Biomedical Engineering	36	63	41	69	12	61	27	56	32	56
U. of Hawaii- Manoa Molecular Biosciences & Bioengineering	57	71	34	69	4	31	45	66	58	72
U. of Idaho Biological and Agricultural Engineering	43	67	35	70	15	51	67	72	58	71
U. of Illinois at Chicago Bioengineering	27	59	12	49	15	57	25	54	26	55
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Agricultural Engineering	26	56	34	69	25	60	8	22	38	61
U. of Iowa Biomedical Engineering	26	55	14	44	22	54	8	21	35	56
U. of Kentucky Biomedical Engineering	26	60	22	59	50	71	17	49	51	68
U. of Maryland at College Park Bioengineering	7	27	19	48	9	43	19	48	12	27
U. of Memphis Biomedical Engineering	37	66	24	64	18	60	8	20	45	63
U. of Miami Biomedical Engineering	24	55	36	68	4	30	2	8	50	69
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Biomedical Engineering	5	25	4	29	50	69	17	45	4	14
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Biomedical Engineering	27	56	25	59	25	56	47	68	17	34
U. of Missouri at Columbia Biological Engineering	43	68	28	69	9	34	18	46	59	71
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Biomedical Engineering	40	64	40	69	58	70	13	35	25	48
U. of Pennsyl- vania Bioengineering	5	25	5	29	10	40	15	48	6	15
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Bioengineering	13	41	5	32	33	62	19	50	12	26
U. of Rochester Biomedical Engineering	26	57	18	55	25	64	50	68	27	50
U. of Southern California Biomedical Engineering	35	61	26	64	12	46	14	37	28	51
U. of Tennessee Biosystems Engineering	48	69	42	71	38	63	16	52	69	73
U. of Texas at Austin Biomedical Engineering	18	49	11	46	56	70	10	29	22	47
U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Biomedical Engineering	52	68	48	70	21	64	1	4	52	67
U. of Toledo Bio-engineering	67	73	48	71	57	70	73	74	56	71
U. of Utah Bioengineering	18	49	20	58	5	21	69	73	12	24
U. of Virginia Biomedical Engineering	7	28	7	35	42	68	40	65	9	19
U. of Washing- ton Bioengineering	4	17	6	30	14	45	10	31	3	9
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Biological Systems Engineering	72	73	73	74	39	65	12	44	54	70
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Biomedical Engineering	16	43	7	36	9	35	11	29	26	49
Vanderbilt U. Biomedical Engineering	25	56	20	61	15	53	58	70	15	28
Virginia Common- wealth U. Biomedical Engineering	42	65	21	54	71	73	26	62	44	64
Virginia Tech Biological Systems Engineering	33	65	27	68	17	62	4	9	43	63
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Biomedical Engineering	7	32	10	43	22	60	65	71	17	32
Wayne State U. Biomedical Engineering	63	72	55	71	49	67	2	6	68	73
Yale U. Biomedical Engineering	2	11	2	10	16	55	35	62	8	20
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.