Biomedical/Medical Engineering at Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY · Bachelor's Degree · about 35 graduates a year

$64,660
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$99,521
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$93,451
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#34 of 118
Rank by pay
#55 of 118
Rank, wage-adjusted
$27,000
Median federal debt

Syracuse University graduates in biomedical/medical engineering earn 6% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 27% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Syracuse University Compares for Biomedical/Medical Engineering

All 118 colleges reporting biomedical/medical engineering earnings at this degree level, ranked by median pay four years after graduation. “Wage-adjusted” divides pay by the square root of the state’s wage index so colleges in low-wage states aren’t penalized for local pay.

#College4 yrs afterWage-adjustedAdj. rank1 yr after
1University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA$126,419$128,569#2$93,310
2Rice University Houston, TX$121,099$123,122#4$88,307
3Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN$116,662$127,441#3$63,402
4University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA$116,525$106,030#12$57,874
5Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD$114,673$100,639#27$76,928
6Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA$114,426$104,120#17$73,710
7Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA$112,914$130,706#1—
8Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA$111,738$98,397#36$70,696
9University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA$110,597$100,636#28$73,348
10Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA$109,648$111,513#7—
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31Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ$99,842$87,630#86$73,454
32University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI$99,762$103,807#19$74,094
33Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA$99,617$87,723#85$80,401
34Syracuse University Syracuse, NY$99,521$94,723#55$64,660
35Boston University Boston, MA$99,024$87,201#87$69,209
36University of Miami Coral Gables, FL$98,997$105,370#13$67,064
37University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA$98,687$89,799#72$65,045

Other Majors at Syracuse University by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Computer and Information Sciences$120,773$82,378#36 of 459
Finance and Financial Management Services$120,274$72,819#18 of 452
Accounting and Related Services$112,682$75,294#15 of 796
Computer Engineering$110,988$84,793#75 of 189
Information Science/Studies$104,842$73,033#12 of 148
Business Administration, Management and Operations$91,472$65,009#47 of 1176
Mechanical Engineering$91,438$66,789#148 of 318
Marketing$91,235$57,777#18 of 516
Real Estate$90,764$59,396#10 of 25
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$90,535$54,934#1 of 178
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering$90,470$71,417#50 of 59
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services$90,210$55,192#2 of 8
Public Administration$89,732$53,912#2 of 47
Civil Engineering$88,996$74,748#67 of 233
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations$87,851$55,039#6 of 67
Biotechnology$87,596$44,418#3 of 13
Chemical Engineering$87,529$72,864#136 of 158
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$84,654$39,825#7 of 225
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering—$84,494—
Economics$83,649$55,974#149 of 368
Mathematics$81,941$53,223#74 of 309
Architectural Sciences and Technology$76,367$58,622#6 of 22
Political Science and Government$75,239$43,232#64 of 565
Geography and Cartography$71,543—#12 of 117
Design and Applied Arts$71,527$46,181#16 of 299
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$70,815$37,556#9 of 158
Journalism$70,404$40,757#11 of 187
Communication and Media Studies$70,106$36,767#45 of 660
Public Health$69,776$43,280#29 of 215
Security Science and Technology$69,491$31,750#8 of 45

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Syracuse University biomedical/medical engineering graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $64,660 one year after graduating and $99,521 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Syracuse University rank for biomedical/medical engineering?

Among 118 colleges reporting earnings for biomedical/medical engineering graduates, Syracuse University ranks #34 by median pay four years after graduation, and #55 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is biomedical/medical engineering at Syracuse University worth it?

Its graduates earn 6% more than the national median for biomedical/medical engineering ($93,451), and the median federal debt at graduation is $27,000.

← All data for Syracuse University · Methodology

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study data. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled; programs with few graduates are not reported. Wage adjustment uses Census ACS state median household income.