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Introduction
The phenomenal growth in recent
years of degrees awarded in
bioengineering and biomedical
engineering is shown in the graph
below. Since AY2000-01, bachelor's,
master's and doctoral degrees
awarded in bioengineering have
increased 225%, 22% and 151%,
respectively. (The low fraction for
master's degrees results from an
unusually low number of master's
degrees in AY2006-07.) For
biomedical engineering bachelor's,
master's and doctoral degrees over
this same period, the increases were
134%, 134% and 133%, respectively.
The increases in degrees in these
two disciplines are truly remarkable
in that they are awarded by so few
universities in a limited number of
states. In AY2006-07, only three
states had more than two
universities awarding bioengineering
degrees and only five states had
more than three universities
awarding biomedical engineering
degrees. Since AY2000-01, there were
no bioengineering and biomedical
engineering degrees reported at any
academic level in fifteen and
sixteen states, respectively.
This report examines the
distribution of bioengineering and
biomedical degrees awarded in the
fifty states plus the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico. Data for
the two disciplines were determined
by subdividing Engineering Workforce
Commission survey category "BIO"
according to the discipline names
provided by the universities when
reporting degree data.
Bioengineering Degrees Awarded in
Various States
The table below shows the ten states
that awarded the largest numbers of
bioengineering bachelor's degrees in
AY2006-07. These ten states tripled
the number of bachelor's degrees
over the period shown. On the other
hand, the other twenty-four states
awarding bachelor's degrees in
bioengineering exhibited essentially
no growth since AY2001-02.
|
Bachelor's Degrees in
Bioengineering |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
|
CA |
111 |
163 |
225 |
247 |
262 |
241 |
220 |
|
PA |
52 |
53 |
62 |
67 |
84 |
113 |
128 |
|
OK |
0 |
32 |
31 |
33 |
41 |
59 |
79 |
|
AZ |
31 |
33 |
39 |
53 |
64 |
77 |
71 |
|
NY |
17 |
16 |
22 |
20 |
11 |
45 |
55 |
|
IL |
18 |
12 |
15 |
16 |
34 |
48 |
53 |
|
WA |
5 |
9 |
8 |
14 |
38 |
49 |
43 |
|
TX |
10 |
27 |
28 |
45 |
41 |
51 |
40 |
|
MD |
14 |
29 |
28 |
26 |
33 |
34 |
35 |
|
LA |
0 |
23 |
33 |
24 |
34 |
35 |
30 |
|
Total |
258 |
397 |
491 |
545 |
642 |
752 |
754 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other states (24)
reporting bioengineering
bachelor's degrees |
|
|
51 |
277 |
275 |
307 |
297 |
316 |
273 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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States not reporting
bioengineering
bachelor's degrees - 18 |
In AY2006-07, the "top 10" states
awarded 73.4% of all bachelor's
degrees in bioengineering. These
states awarded only 54.2% of all
bachelor's degrees in engineering.
Thus, undergraduate education in
bioengineering appears to be highly
concentrated in the "top 10" states.
It is noteworthy that a total of
only twenty-four engineering
colleges in the "top 10" states
awarded the 754 degrees when the
total number of engineering colleges
in the "top 10" states in AY2006-07
was 139. It should also be pointed
out that eighteen states did not
award any bachelor's degrees in
bioengineering in any of the seven
years shown in the table.
Master's degrees awarded in
bioengineering are shown in the
table below. The "top 10" states in
AY2006-07 show modest growth in
degrees over the period shown (other
than AY2006-07). The other seventeen
states awarding master's degrees
show essentially no growth since
AY2000-01.
The "top 10" states accounted for
75.7% of all bioengineering master's
degrees awarded in AY2006-07. These
ten states awarded only 59.3% of the
total number of engineering master's
degrees in that year. The other
seventeen states awarding master's
degrees contributed little to the
total number of bioengineering
master's degrees and the number of
degrees awarded was essentially
constant since AY2000-01. In
addition, twenty-five states did not
award bioengineering master's
degrees during the period shown in
the table.
|
Master's Degrees in
Bioengineering |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
|
CA |
14 |
34 |
30 |
32 |
27 |
43 |
50 |
|
PA |
47 |
53 |
68 |
69 |
75 |
76 |
26 |
|
AZ |
12 |
18 |
7 |
15 |
8 |
20 |
21 |
|
IL |
13 |
22 |
27 |
16 |
34 |
32 |
15 |
|
HI |
15 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
14 |
|
SC |
7 |
7 |
8 |
15 |
18 |
19 |
14 |
|
GA |
3 |
6 |
11 |
12 |
20 |
13 |
12 |
|
MA |
2 |
11 |
8 |
15 |
4 |
7 |
12 |
|
OK |
14 |
10 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
11 |
9 |
|
UT |
9 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
11 |
24 |
8 |
|
Total |
136 |
174 |
175 |
189 |
205 |
245 |
181 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other states (17)
reporting bioengineering
master's degrees |
|
|
60 |
84 |
64 |
51 |
62 |
74 |
58 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
States not reporting
bioengineering master's
degrees - 25 |
Doctoral degrees in bioengineering
awarded by the "top 10" states
increased 160% since AY2000-01 as
shown in the table below. The
degrees awarded by the other fifteen
states averaged about one per year.
Universities in more than half of
the states in the US did not award
any doctoral degrees in
bioengineering in the period covered
by the table.
|
Doctoral Degrees in
Bioengineering |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
|
PA |
14 |
7 |
18 |
19 |
21 |
27 |
29 |
|
CA |
18 |
18 |
6 |
18 |
16 |
20 |
23 |
|
MA |
8 |
6 |
5 |
9 |
12 |
16 |
23 |
|
WA |
10 |
21 |
12 |
20 |
11 |
17 |
20 |
|
IL |
5 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
19 |
|
TX |
0 |
2 |
4 |
18 |
10 |
18 |
12 |
|
GA |
0 |
5 |
3 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
11 |
|
UT |
5 |
10 |
4 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
|
SC |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
AZ |
3 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
8 |
|
Total |
63 |
78 |
69 |
110 |
105 |
129 |
164 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other states (15)
reporting bioengineering
doctoral degrees |
|
|
16 |
17 |
15 |
14 |
18 |
13 |
37 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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States not reporting
bioengineering doctoral
degrees – 27 |
The "top 10" states awarded 81.6% of
the bioengineering degrees in
AY2006-07. These states awarded only
48.3% of the total doctoral
engineering degrees in AY2006-07. It
is noteworthy that only sixteen
universities awarded the doctoral
degrees in bioengineering (164) in
the "top 10".
Biomedical Engineering Degrees
Awarded in Various States
The number of bachelor's degrees
awarded in biomedical engineering in
AY2006-07 was about twice that of
bioengineering, over triple for
master's degrees and about the same
for doctoral degrees.
Bachelor's degrees in biomedical
engineering awarded in the "top 10"
states are shown in the table below
for the period from AY2000-01. The
number of degrees in this group more
than doubled in the period shown. As
least as important is that the
bachelor's degrees awarded by the
other states (19) tripled in this
period. However, almost half of the
states in the US (23) did not award
undergraduate degrees in biomedical
engineering in the last seven years.
|
Bachelor's Degrees in
Biomedical Engineering |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
|
CA |
51 |
54 |
62 |
50 |
61 |
124 |
178 |
|
NY |
83 |
98 |
110 |
150 |
139 |
178 |
162 |
|
NC |
74 |
92 |
93 |
147 |
159 |
157 |
154 |
|
OH |
58 |
59 |
63 |
85 |
80 |
136 |
152 |
|
TX |
41 |
40 |
46 |
46 |
46 |
129 |
144 |
|
WI |
78 |
85 |
131 |
108 |
92 |
102 |
120 |
|
MD |
114 |
112 |
102 |
87 |
137 |
114 |
110 |
|
MA |
79 |
77 |
87 |
94 |
98 |
112 |
101 |
|
VA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
61 |
28 |
98 |
|
IL |
48 |
52 |
57 |
86 |
71 |
107 |
92 |
|
Total |
626 |
669 |
751 |
883 |
944 |
1187 |
1311 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other states (19)
reporting biomedical
bachelor's degrees |
|
|
283 |
361 |
475 |
677 |
808 |
842 |
844 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
States not reporting
biomedical bachelor's
degrees - 23 |
|
Among the "top 10" states, there
were only thirty universities that
awarded bachelor's degrees in
biomedical engineering (in
AY2006-07). These universities
awarded 60.8% of all undergraduate
degrees in biomedical engineering,
but only 45.7% of the total number
of undergraduate engineering degrees
awarded in the US. Just as was shown
for bioengineering, bachelor's
degrees in biomedical engineering
are awarded by a small number of
universities in a small number of
states.
Master's degrees in biomedical
engineering awarded by universities
(34) in the "top 10" states (in
AY2006-07) increased by 134% since
AY2000-01 as shown in the table
below. Modest increases in the
numbers of degrees awarded by
universities in the other twenty-two
states are also shown in the table.
The "top 10" states awarded 73.3% of
the master's degrees in biomedical
engineering, but only 54.7% of the
total number of engineering master's
degrees awarded in the US. Thus,
biomedical engineering master's
degrees, like bachelor's degrees,
are awarded primarily in just a few
universities in just a few states.
|
Master's Degrees in
Biomedical Engineering |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
|
CA |
25 |
40 |
58 |
66 |
88 |
170 |
140 |
|
NY |
19 |
33 |
53 |
73 |
81 |
86 |
111 |
|
MI |
47 |
60 |
64 |
90 |
86 |
82 |
90 |
|
TX |
15 |
23 |
47 |
56 |
68 |
81 |
65 |
|
PA |
10 |
8 |
7 |
13 |
29 |
13 |
55 |
|
OH |
31 |
41 |
47 |
49 |
57 |
75 |
51 |
|
FL |
28 |
19 |
31 |
41 |
49 |
31 |
39 |
|
WI |
12 |
28 |
44 |
35 |
56 |
46 |
37 |
|
TN |
11 |
14 |
18 |
17 |
17 |
18 |
36 |
|
MA |
27 |
22 |
28 |
37 |
17 |
30 |
35 |
|
Total |
225 |
288 |
397 |
477 |
548 |
632 |
659 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other states (22)
reporting biomedical
master's degrees |
|
|
156 |
155 |
183 |
181 |
223 |
255 |
240 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
States not reporting
biomedical master's
degrees - 20 |
|
Biomedical engineering doctoral
degrees awarded by the "top 10"
states doubled since AY2000-01, as
shown in the table below. The other
states awarding these degrees (18)
exhibited a more modest rate of
growth over the seven-year period.
|
Doctoral Degrees in
Biomedical Engineering |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
|
CA |
8 |
3 |
11 |
19 |
18 |
38 |
41 |
|
OH |
20 |
15 |
18 |
24 |
21 |
21 |
20 |
|
TX |
7 |
6 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
20 |
19 |
|
MI |
8 |
9 |
13 |
16 |
28 |
21 |
16 |
|
NC |
13 |
5 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
18 |
16 |
|
IL |
11 |
11 |
5 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
14 |
|
TN |
4 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
14 |
|
NY |
1 |
5 |
9 |
6 |
11 |
23 |
13 |
|
FL |
0 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
|
MA |
11 |
6 |
12 |
7 |
7 |
16 |
11 |
|
Total |
83 |
67 |
100 |
118 |
129 |
179 |
175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other states (18)
reporting biomedical
doctoral degrees |
|
|
|
58 |
44 |
54 |
63 |
82 |
74 |
91 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
States not reporting
biomedical doctoral
degrees - 24 |
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The "top 10" states awarded 65.8% of
the doctoral degrees, but only 43.3%
of the total number of engineering
doctoral degrees. This concentration
of doctoral degrees in biomedical
engineering in a few states and also
limited numbers of universities
within those states is similar to
what was shown for bachelor's and
master's degrees.
Summary
Bachelor's, master's and doctoral
degrees in bioengineering and
biomedical engineering are awarded
in only a small number of states.
Within those states, the degrees are
awarded by a small number of
universities. This report covers the
period from AY2000-01 through
AY2006-07.
In AY2006-07, the "top 10" states
(bioengineering undergraduate)
awarded 73.4% of the bachelor's
degrees (just 24 universities), but
only 54.2% of all undergraduate
engineering degrees. The "top 10"
states (bioengineering doctoral)
awarded 81.6% of the doctorates
(just 16 universities), but only
48.3% of all engineering doctorates.
Since AY2000-01, universities in
eighteen states did not award any
bachelor's degrees in
bioengineering; doctoral degrees
were not awarded in twenty-seven
states.
In AY2006-07, the "top 10" states
(biomedical engineering
undergraduate) awarded 60.8% of the
bachelor's degrees (just 29
universities), but only 45.7% of all
undergraduate engineering degrees.
The "top 10" states (biomedical
engineering doctoral) awarded 65.8%
of the doctorates (just 28
universities), but only 43.3% of all
engineering doctorates. Since
AY2000-01, universities in
twenty-three states did not award
any bachelor's degrees in biomedical
engineering; doctoral degrees were
not awarded in twenty-four states.
Acknowledgments
The degree data used in this study
originated from the annual surveys
of the Engineering Workforce
Commission of the American
Association of Engineering
Societies. Engineering Trends
acknowledges the efforts of this
organization in providing credible
data and expresses its gratitude for
their services to the engineering
profession. Persons seeking further
information about their surveys and
the availability of survey data
should visit the EWC Web site (www.aaes.org).
Footnote
Engineering Trends data are compiled
mainly from information submitted by
universities to the annual surveys
of EWC and ASEE. On the very rare
occasions where errors in data
appear, Engineering Trends corrects
the error, if possible, or deletes
the data if the error is large
enough to alter significantly the
trend of the university or the US
total. |
