Does a Biomedical/Medical Engineering Degree Pay Off? Earnings, Debt & Schools

Other degree levels for this field: Master's degrees

This page shows what graduates with a bachelor's degree in Biomedical/Medical Engineering earn four years after graduating, what they typically owe, the schools that report these figures (listed alphabetically), and the occupations linked to this field by the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk. It covers 113 reporting units (schools, or groups of campuses that report together) with these figures.

Median earnings, 4 years after graduation

$93,451

All graduates nationally

Middle half of graduates nationally

$74,134–$113,859

25th to 75th percentile

Typical federal debt of graduates

$23,200

Median across reporting units

Schools reporting earnings for Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates

Listed alphabetically to start; MajorPays does not rank schools. Click a column heading to sort; shift-click more headings to sort by several columns as a group. Median earnings four years after graduation, bachelor's degree, for programs with at least 30 graduates measured (80 reporting units; campuses that share one federal school ID report together and appear once). Schools with fewer graduates in the major, or whose figure the Department of Education withholds, are not listed.

School	State	Median earnings, 4 years after	Graduates measured
Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$92,974	121
Binghamton University	NY	$94,859	47
Boston University	MA	$99,024	113
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$109,232	83
Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$109,648	38
Case Western Reserve University	OH	$94,168	50
Clemson University	SC	$93,705	83
Colorado School of Mines	CO	$95,142	62
CUNY City College	NY	$95,685	43
Drexel University	PA	$101,362	127
Duke University	NC	$105,921	57
Florida International University	FL	$88,656	81
George Mason University	VA	$93,533	37
George Washington University	DC	$100,601	45
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	$102,755	136
Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	$88,435	30
Johns Hopkins University	MD	$114,673	61
Lehigh University	PA	$106,260	45
Marquette University	WI	$95,728	82
Michigan Technological University	MI	$83,916	68
Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	$93,229	44
Mississippi State University	MS	$74,542	38
New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	$88,396	48
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$98,129	97
Northwestern University	IL	$102,994	39
Oregon State University	OR	$100,182	32
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$100,416	64
Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$93,434	38
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$103,306	75
Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	$94,103	54
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	$90,484	52
Rowan University	NJ	$84,059	37
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$89,850	73
Saint Louis University	MO	$86,844	36
Southern California Institute of Technology	CA	$84,844	32
Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	$99,842	70
Stony Brook University	NY	$89,560	45
Syracuse University	NY	$99,521	44
Temple University	PA	$101,101	49
Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$93,305	68
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$69,476	37
The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$67,246	40
The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$102,544	51
The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$87,420	65
The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$77,774	31
University at Buffalo	NY	$84,920	60
University of Akron Main Campus	OH	$82,540	54
University of California-Davis	CA	$98,504	69
University of California-Irvine	CA	$96,874	69
University of California-Merced	CA	$88,795	34
University of California-Riverside	CA	$90,041	106
University of California-San Diego	CA	$98,687	55
University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$98,567	52
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$90,897	52
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$86,190	30
University of Connecticut	CT	$95,682	96
University of Delaware	DE	$101,175	71
University of Florida	FL	$88,078	40
University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$87,393	60
University of Iowa	IA	$86,894	83
University of Louisville	KY	$84,311	32
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	$91,805	46
University of Memphis	TN	$88,279	33
University of Miami	FL	$98,997	35
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$102,342	72
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$97,611	51
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$97,992	61
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$86,893	59
University of Rhode Island	RI	$96,532	57
University of Rochester	NY	$95,957	46
University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$97,927	37
University of Southern California	CA	$105,415	50
University of Toledo	OH	$85,751	52
University of Utah	UT	$96,353	35
University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$109,551	31
University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$99,762	68
Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	$99,617	70
Wichita State University	KS	$72,936	34
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$92,806	105
Wright State University-Main Campus	OH	$77,864	43

See every school that awarded bachelor's degrees in Biomedical/Medical Engineering in 2023-24, including schools that do not report earnings, with the number of degrees awarded (IPEDS Completions).

Occupations O*NET associates with this field

Occupations that U.S. Department of Labor O*NET data links to Biomedical/Medical Engineering programs, with each occupation's national median pay, projected job growth and yearly openings. They are listed in the order O*NET links them to this field; click a column heading to sort. This is a classification crosswalk, not evidence that graduates enter these jobs, and many of these occupations require more education, a license or experience beyond this credential. The figures describe the occupation, not the graduates of this major.

Career	Median pay, 2025	Projected growth, 2025–2035	Openings per year
Architectural and Engineering Managers	$171,270	+5.5%	14,900
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers	$171,270	+5.5%	14,900
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	$109,370	+7.6%	1,200
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	$109,270	+7.8%	3,900

Frequently asked questions

Does a Biomedical/Medical Engineering degree pay off?

Graduates with a bachelor's degree in Biomedical/Medical Engineering earn a median of $93,451 four years after graduating, and typically owe about $23,200 in federal loans. Earnings four years out are early-career pay, and they vary widely by school, job and place. Compare the pay with the cost of your own school on its graduate earnings page.

How much do college graduates earn overall?

See earnings by education level and by state.

Do Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates work in their field?

The National Survey of College Graduates (2023) asked employed graduates whose highest degree is a bachelor's in other engineering how closely their job relates to their degree. About 47% said closely related, 35% somewhat related and 18% not related (roughly 340 thousand graduates). This is a broad group of fields, not only Biomedical/Medical Engineering, and a job outside the field is not a bad outcome by itself.

Closely relatedSomewhat relatedNot related

Source: U.S. National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Survey of College Graduates, 2023 (Table 1-3, bachelor's level, all occupations). Survey estimates, rounded by NSF. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; NSF has not approved or endorsed them.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data (June 2026 release), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution; careers from O*NET 31.0 by the U.S. Dept. of Labor, ETA, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Career pay, growth and openings: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025-2035). MajorPays has selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed them. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. MajorPays has modified all or some of the O*NET information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Earnings are for graduates who received federal financial aid and were working and not enrolled four years after finishing (graduates of academic years 2014-15 and 2015-16, in 2021 dollars; the debt figures are for graduates of 2018-19 and 2019-20); the data says nothing about how much a school added to its graduates' earnings.