By major · Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Where can your student actually get into biomedical engineering?

Biomedical engineering and bioengineering are the same major under two names, and the numbers behind that name swing further than almost anything else a family will put on a list. For Fall 2025 UCLA reported 2,632 applications to bioengineering and 213 admits, or 8%, while UC Merced reported 1,048 applications and 1,019 admits, or 97%. On the CSU side Cal Poly SLO reported 29.4% and San Jose State 84.9% for biomedical engineering. A UC admits a student to the campus rather than to the major at most programs, so read these as what each program reported for one fall, not as a separate door your student knocks on.

At a glance · All states

133 colleges nationwide report a bachelor's biomedical engineering program in federal outcome data or a biomedical engineering admit rate in the UC/CSU data.
Hardest reported gate: University of California-Los Angeles — Bioengineering, Fall 2025: 2,632 applied, 213 admitted (8%).
Highest reported admit rate into the program: University of California-Merced — 97% (1,048 applied, 1,019 admitted, Fall 2025).
Highest median earnings four years after the degree: University of Pennsylvania, $126,419.
Lowest average net price with aid: CUNY City College, $3,776 per year.

A college here with no admit-rate row is not reporting biomedical engineering separately; it appears because federal earnings data covers its graduates, and the campus-wide rate is the only published gate. Where a program does report its own row, that row is one fall of applications and admits, and at a UC it sits inside the campus decision rather than replacing it. Admits are not enrollees. At most UC programs students are admitted to the campus, not the major. This page as JSON → · Back to the 15 California colleges →

Hardest reported gate

University of California-Los Angeles
Bioengineering, Fall 2025: 2,632 applied, 213 admitted

Highest reported admit rate

97%

University of California-Merced
Bioengineering, Fall 2025: 1,048 applied, 1,019 admitted

Highest earnings, 4 yrs out

$126,419

University of Pennsylvania
median, graduates of this program

Lowest net price with aid

$3,776

CUNY City College
average for aid recipients, per year

Every college, one row each

Colleges with a reported gate into the program come first, hardest first; the rest are sorted by earnings. Program admit rate is the college system's own number for this major (UC Information Center, CSU Chancellor's Office). Net price is the average paid by aid recipients; full price is the cost of attendance. Earnings are federal College Scorecard medians four years after the degree.

College	Gate into the program	Program admit rate	Campus admit rate	Net price with aid	Full price	Earnings 4 yrs out
University of California-Los Angeles CA · Public · Test-optional	Bioengineering Fall 2025: 2,632 applied, 213 admitted · admit GPA 4.24–4.32	8%	11%	$12,548	$38,614	$116,525
University of California-Berkeley CA · Public · Test-optional	Bioengineering Fall 2025: 3,128 applied, 249 admitted · admit GPA 4.21–4.29	8%	10%	$13,481	$45,619	$110,597
University of California-San Diego CA · Public · Test-optional	Bioengineering Fall 2025: 1,099 applied, 162 admitted · admit GPA 4.24–4.30 Bioengineering: Biosystems: 55%	15%	27%	$12,470	$38,701	$98,687
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA · Public · Test-optional	Biomedical Engineering Fall 2025: 2,015 applied, 592 admitted impacted	29.4%	30%	$16,665	$32,265	$109,232
University of California-Irvine CA · Public · Test-optional	Biomedical Engineering Fall 2025: 1,574 applied, 614 admitted · admit GPA 4.16–4.29	39%	30%	$14,251	$38,632	$96,874
University of California-Davis CA · Public · Test-optional	Biomedical Engineering Fall 2025: 2,071 applied, 1,022 admitted · admit GPA 4.12–4.28	49%	46%	$14,741	$41,238	$98,504
California State University-Long Beach CA · Public · Test-optional	Biomedical Engineering Fall 2025: 1,166 applied, 774 admitted impacted	66.4%	47%	$10,440	$22,679	$106,540
San Jose State University CA · Public · Test-optional	Biomedical Engineering Fall 2025: 832 applied, 706 admitted impacted	84.9%	80%	$13,760	$26,593	—
University of California-Riverside CA · Public · Test-optional	Bioengineering Fall 2025: 947 applied, 835 admitted · admit GPA 3.82–4.25	88%	88%	$14,304	$38,942	$90,041
University of California-Merced CA · Public · Test-optional	Bioengineering Fall 2025: 1,048 applied, 1,019 admitted · admit GPA 3.75–4.23	97%	95%	$11,983	$39,665	$88,795
University of Pennsylvania PA · Private nonprofit · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	6%	$28,699	$89,028	$126,419
Rice University TX · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	8%	$13,370	$79,788	$121,099
Vanderbilt University TN · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	6%	$15,846	$89,590	$116,662
Johns Hopkins University MD · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	8%	$18,809	$85,947	$114,673
Santa Clara University CA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	44%	$50,062	$82,026	$114,426
Tulane University of Louisiana LA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	15%	$39,949	$87,004	$112,914
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA · Private nonprofit · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	5%	$20,111	$82,730	$111,738
Carnegie Mellon University PA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	11%	$31,944	$83,654	$109,648
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	17%	$21,565	$39,926	$109,551
Lehigh University PA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	29%	$36,931	$80,856	$106,260
Wayne State University MI · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	82%	$12,766	$27,350	$106,048
Duke University NC · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	7%	$29,612	$87,072	$105,921
University of Southern California CA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	10%	$32,740	$90,300	$105,415
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	58%	$36,228	$82,404	$103,306
Northwestern University IL · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	7%	$29,167	$91,250	$102,994
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	16%	$12,116	$28,167	$102,755
The University of Texas at Austin TX · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	29%	$19,857	$31,247	$102,544
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	18%	$13,138	$34,654	$102,342
Drexel University PA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	78%	$38,509	$76,835	$101,362
University of Delaware DE · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	65%	$17,799	$30,952	$101,175
Temple University PA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	83%	$28,198	$40,903	$101,101
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	42%	$14,091	$32,446	$100,930
George Washington University DC · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	44%	$36,586	$83,856	$100,601
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	54%	$32,875	$39,694	$100,416
Oregon State University OR · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	79%	$19,604	$31,653	$100,182
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	68%	$18,048	$29,798	$100,182
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	43%	$41,346	$79,790	$99,842
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	43%	$17,354	$28,679	$99,762
Wentworth Institute of Technology MA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	85%	$34,170	$61,096	$99,617
Syracuse University NY · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	42%	$38,793	$84,517	$99,521
Boston University MA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	11%	$24,402	$86,285	$99,024
University of Miami FL · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	18%	$37,244	$86,078	$98,997
University of California-Santa Cruz CA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	82%	$17,890	$41,179	$98,567
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	40%	$17,303	$26,425	$98,129
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	19%	$11,655	$26,055	$97,992
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	62%	$22,811	$31,638	$97,927
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	44%	$14,355	$33,642	$97,926
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	77%	$16,778	$30,061	$97,611
University of Rhode Island RI · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	77%	$21,440	$34,321	$96,532
University of Utah UT · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	87%	$16,200	$25,557	$96,353
University of Rochester NY · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	36%	$29,278	$85,962	$95,957
Marquette University WI · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	87%	$31,487	$66,768	$95,728
CUNY City College NY · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	58%	$3,776	$14,403	$95,685
University of Connecticut CT · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	54%	$25,097	$39,426	$95,682
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	86%	$13,807	$23,337	$95,682
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	86%	$16,403	$26,946	$95,682
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	80%	$16,798	$30,122	$95,682
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	87%	$10,875	$22,933	$95,682
University of Arizona AZ · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	86%	$16,674	$29,423	$95,625
Colorado School of Mines CO · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	60%	$28,690	$40,560	$95,142
Binghamton University NY · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	38%	$21,620	$30,345	$94,859
Case Western Reserve University OH · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	29%	$41,190	$85,851	$94,168
Rochester Institute of Technology NY · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	71%	$34,906	$74,626	$94,103
Clemson University SC · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	38%	$22,253	$35,015	$93,705
George Mason University VA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	89%	$17,915	$28,604	$93,533
Purdue University-Main Campus IN · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	50%	$14,600	$24,591	$93,434
Texas A & M University-College Station TX · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	63%	$21,315	$32,696	$93,305
Milwaukee School of Engineering WI · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	60%	$22,453	$62,648	$93,229
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	87%	$23,805	$35,537	$92,984
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	90%	$14,967	$30,111	$92,974
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	58%	$43,071	$78,679	$92,806
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	92%	$20,927	$33,485	$91,805
Florida Gulf Coast University FL · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	77%	$12,568	$20,807	$91,676
Brown University RI · Private nonprofit · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	5%	$25,184	$87,648	$91,674
North Carolina A & T State University NC · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	46%	$10,846	$20,427	$91,235
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	88%	$25,648	$32,171	$90,897
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology IN · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	73%	$42,513	$77,890	$90,484
University of Alabama at Birmingham AL · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	88%	$18,749	$28,145	$90,415
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	51%	$17,339	$30,305	$90,065
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	65%	$24,406	$36,993	$89,850
Widener University PA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	84%	$25,759	$70,621	$89,794
Stony Brook University NY · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	49%	$18,784	$30,539	$89,560
Miami University-Oxford OH · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	82%	$28,384	$38,757	$89,052
Florida International University FL · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	59%	$9,288	$21,462	$88,656
University of North Texas TX · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	72%	$15,649	$26,243	$88,484
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	81%	$11,668	$23,316	$88,435
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	67%	$16,504	$32,859	$88,396
Illinois Institute of Technology IL · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	55%	$18,425	$68,164	$88,378
University of Memphis TN · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	93%	$12,397	$25,169	$88,279
Duquesne University PA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	79%	$37,730	$67,776	$88,272
Florida Institute of Technology FL · Private nonprofit · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	62%	$35,639	$62,440	$88,120
University of Florida FL · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	24%	$6,541	$22,523	$88,078
Western New England University MA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	83%	$27,290	$60,262	$87,838
The University of Texas at Dallas TX · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	66%	$18,267	$29,807	$87,420
University of Illinois Chicago IL · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	78%	$10,974	$27,521	$87,393
University of Iowa IA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	85%	$22,531	$28,596	$86,894
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	50%	$30,434	$38,105	$86,893
Saint Louis University MO · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	82%	$24,398	$71,932	$86,844
Virginia Commonwealth University VA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	93%	$23,433	$38,954	$86,295
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	78%	$11,900	$24,902	$86,190
Union College NY · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	44%	$34,561	$84,561	$86,182
University of Toledo OH · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	95%	$17,249	$26,512	$85,751
Louisiana Tech University LA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	73%	$11,864	$24,280	$85,454
University at Buffalo NY · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	69%	$20,995	$30,785	$84,920
University of Louisville KY · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	80%	$17,988	$32,941	$84,311
Rowan University NJ · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	78%	$22,408	$35,842	$84,059
Michigan Technological University MI · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	88%	$14,182	$34,152	$83,916
University of Akron Main Campus OH · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	71%	$13,946	$26,284	$82,540
The Catholic University of America DC · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	84%	$29,561	$75,481	$81,519
Lawrence Technological University MI · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	80%	$32,918	$58,166	$80,937
University of Maine ME · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	96%	$17,510	$27,328	$80,059
Wright State University-Main Campus OH · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	95%	$15,415	$24,373	$77,864
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	88%	$10,836	$22,352	$77,774
University of Arkansas AR · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	72%	$18,209	$27,767	$75,972
Mississippi State University MS · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	76%	$17,595	$29,267	$74,542
Wichita State University KS · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	95%	$13,194	$21,780	$72,936
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	46%	$18,976	$33,678	$69,476
The University of Texas at Arlington TX · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	81%	$13,951	$25,261	$67,246
Columbia University in the City of New York NY · Private nonprofit · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	4%	$21,590	$89,472	—
Cornell University NY · Private nonprofit · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	8%	$28,690	$88,140	—
Gannon University PA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	77%	$22,553	$52,869	—
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	74%	$19,151	$34,705	—
Northern Illinois University IL · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	70%	$13,391	$28,851	—
Stanford University CA · Private nonprofit · Required	Not reported by the college system	—	4%	$13,807	$87,833	—
Trine University IN · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	85%	$25,355	$51,109	—
Tufts University MA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	10%	$39,998	$88,300	—
University of Houston TX · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	70%	$14,276	$26,185	—
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	85%	$17,163	$30,786	—
University of Michigan-Dearborn MI · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	59%	$9,492	$24,040	—
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	88%	$15,014	$22,756	—
University of the Pacific CA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	95%	$25,447	$71,515	—
Washington State University WA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	85%	$14,971	$27,648	—
Washington University in St Louis MO · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	—	12%	$21,786	$88,488	—

Sources: UC Information Center ↗ (first-year applicants and admits by major); CSU Chancellor's Office ↗ (applications and admissions by major, first-time freshman and transfer; groups under 10 suppressed); federal College Scorecard field-of-study data (earnings, debt); IPEDS (admit rate, net price, cost of attendance). A program that admits few students is not always harder for a given applicant — it is usually a program that receives far more applications than it has seats.

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