Is a Biomedical/Medical Engineering degree worth it?
Across 93 schools, graduates of Biomedical/Medical Engineering earn a median $94,444 five years out on $21,496 of debt — most often working as Architectural and Engineering Managers. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$94,444
Median debt
$21,496
Years to pay off
2.3
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
46%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+4.4%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
-5.9%
$93,775 vs $99,302
Net price
$20,268/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$23,221
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Biomedical/Medical Engineering in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.