<p>UCSD sould like a good fit. It’s not the greatest school for social life but it would be impossible to beat for internships and industry involvement. SD has become the biotech capital of the world.</p>
<p>Caution, if you need financial aid this will probably not work. Very little aid for OOS students and a $45K price tag if you’re OOS.</p>
<p>US News Rankings for Biomedical Engineering:</p>
<ol>
<li>Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD) 4.7</li>
<li>University of California–San Diego (Jacobs) 4.6</li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology 4.5</li>
<li>University of Washington 4.4</li>
<li>Duke University (NC) 4.2
University of Pennsylvania 4.2</li>
<li>Boston University 4.1</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.0</li>
<li>Case Western Reserve University (OH) 3.9</li>
<li>Rice University (Brown) (TX) 3.8
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 3.8</li>
<li>Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL) 3.6
University of Virginia 3.6</li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley † 3.5
University of Pittsburgh 3.5
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) 3.5</li>
<li>Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY) 3.4</li>
<li>Stanford University (CA) 3.3
University of Texas–Austin 3.3
University of Utah 3.3</li>
<li>University of California–Davis 3.2
Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.2</li>
<li>Pennsylvania State University–University Park 3.1</li>
<li>Arizona State University (Fulton) 3.0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 3.0
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.0
University of Wisconsin–Madison 3.0</li>
<li>Cornell University (NY) 2.9
University of Southern California (Viterbi) 2.9</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology 2.8
Carnegie Mellon University ¶ 2.8
Drexel University ¶ 2.8
Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) 2.8
Tulane University (LA) 2.8
University of Rochester (NY) 2.8</li>
<li>Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 2.7
SUNY–Stony Brook 2.7
Texas A&M University–College Station (Look) 2.7</li>
<li>CUNY–City College 2.6
Marquette University (WI) 2.6
University of California–Irvine (Samueli) 2.6</li>
<li>Clemson University (SC) 2.5
University of Alabama–Birmingham 2.5
University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli) 2.5
University of Iowa 2.5
Yale University (CT) 2.5</li>
</ol>
<p>Thanks for the list. Would son’s stats fit into these top schools?</p>
<p>Earlier poster mentioned UCSD, but since that’s near the top, wonder if son would get in.</p>
<p>Would have to qualify for merit scholarship as well, since not going to be able to pay full 45K, for sure, and doubt would qualify for need based aid.</p>
<p>Also, prestige is not important to us. Just being able to get a job when he graduates is most important. Not applying to medical school.</p>
<p>You don’t give us grades so it’s hard to say. With strong grades he would get into UCSD but almost no chance for merit aid being OOS and wanting their most popular major.</p>
<p>BU may be a good shot with some money if grades are up there.</p>
<p>On the job front, with BME, more education would be needed for the best jobs.</p>