Chapel Hill, North Carolina · Public
Biomedical/Medical Engineering at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 322 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
1.6% reported share makes this a focused program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 1.6%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~322
- Schools with reported signal
- 226
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 15.3%
- Graduation rate
- 91.2%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $11,655/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $46,620
- Median debt
- $14,000
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $72,200/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- A
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 above the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is lower than the peer average ($9,969 below), and ten-year median earnings are higher than the peer average ($3,443 above). That combination produces a A value grade and a top 8% 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 1.6% of reported programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which is bigger than 75% of schools in this field set and above the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 322 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's average net price is $11,655 per year, about $46,620 over four years. That is $9,969 below the $21,624 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $72,200 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $3,443 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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill #17 of 226 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.