Troy, New York · Private Non-Profit
Biomedical/Medical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 270 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
4.7% reported share makes this a focused program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 4.7%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~270
- Schools with reported signal
- 226
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 63.5%
- Graduation rate
- 83.6%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $36,228/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $144,912
- Median debt
- $23,750
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $102,051/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- C
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 226 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is 4.1x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is higher than the peer average ($14,604 above), and ten-year median earnings are higher than the peer average ($33,294 above). That combination produces a C value grade and a top 65% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
Stanford University Stanford, CA · 2.2% reported share · $13,807 net A+ Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA · 3.9% reported share · $12,116 net A+ 
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA · 4.6% reported share · $16,075 net A+ 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · 2.2% reported share · $20,111 net A+ 
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · 1.2% reported share · $13,481 net A+ University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA · 2.0% reported share · $12,470 net A+ Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Biomedical/Medical Engineering accounts for 4.7% of reported programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which is bigger than 99% of schools in this field set and 4.1x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 270 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's average net price is $36,228 per year, about $144,912 over four years. That is $14,604 above the $21,624 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $102,051 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $33,294 above the $68,757 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute #148 of 226 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.