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Best Biomedical/Medical Engineering Programs in Texas (2026)

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This page ranks the 7 Biomedical/Medical Engineering programs in Texas by median earnings of Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates four years after completing, highest first. Rice University leads the list with median earnings of $121,099 for its graduates four years after completing.

Across the seven programs, the reported figure ranges from $121,099 to $67,246, with a median of $88,484.

Six of the seven listed schools are public, and one, Rice University, is private nonprofit. The University of Texas at San Antonio posts the lowest average net price on the page at $10,836.

The University of Texas at San Antonio admits 87% of applicants, the highest admission rate among the group.

The ranked list

7 schools in list order
RankSchoolProgram EarningsAverage net priceNet price, families under $30KAdmission rate
1Rice University · Houston, TX$121,099$13,370$5,8278.0%
Rice University reports $121,099 in median earnings for its Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates four years after completing, alongside an admission rate of 8%.
2The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX$102,544$19,857$12,55326.6%
The University of Texas at Austin ranks 2nd on this list, with a cohort of 118 graduates in the earnings cohort and an average net price of $19,857.
3Texas A&M University-College Station · College Station, TX$93,305$21,315$12,78457.4%
Texas A&M University-College Station reports a median of $19,000 in federal debt among Biomedical/Medical Engineering completers who borrowed, and its graduates earn a median of $93,305 four years after completing.
4University of North Texas · Denton, TX$88,484$15,649$12,31172.2%
University of North Texas posts an average net price of $12,311 for families earning under $30,000, and its Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates earn a median of $88,484 four years after completing.
5The University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX$87,420$18,267$12,81465.1%
The University of Texas at Dallas admits 65% of applicants and reports median earnings of $87,420 for its Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates four years after completing.
6The University of Texas at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX$77,774$10,836$7,87086.8%
The University of Texas at San Antonio ranks 34th on Azimuth's composite ranking among nonprofit four-year institutions, and its Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates earn a median of $77,774 four years after completing.
7The University of Texas at Arlington · Arlington, TX$67,246$13,951$11,89379.9%
The University of Texas at Arlington reports a median of $24,500 in federal debt among Biomedical/Medical Engineering completers who borrowed, alongside median earnings of $67,246 four years after completing.

How this list is ordered

Programs are ordered by the median earnings of their Biomedical/Medical Engineering graduates four years after completing, highest first. Only programs with a reported earnings cohort in Texas appear. The figure captures federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled four years after finishing the program. It does not adjust for graduate school enrollment, cost, or who enrolls, and it is not a measure of teaching quality. Rice University leads the list at $121,099, and the gap to second-ranked The University of Texas at Austin is $18,555. Across the 7 listed programs, the median stands at $88,484, with a spread of $53,853 from top to bottom.

Job market context in Texas

The occupations linked to Biomedical/Medical Engineering in Texas include roles such as Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers and Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary. The median annual wage across those occupations is $118,088, and a quarter of workers in those occupations earn less than $75,414. Projections for 2024 to 2034 put employment in those occupations about 13.2% higher, with 2,040 projected openings a year and about 346 openings a year for every hundred graduates, more projected openings than graduates. Wages and top occupations exclude management occupations; openings include them. The ranking above uses the median earnings of graduates four years after completing, a different measure from the occupational wage figures shown here.

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