Approximately 0.2% of graduates in of New Jersey receive biomedical engineering degrees every year. That means an estimated 298 biomedical engineers graduate from New Jersey's 7 biomedical engineering schools each year.

Top Schools

Rutgers University-New Brunswick, which is located in New Brunswick, is the top-ranked school in New Jersey that has a biomedical engineering program. It received a ranking of 17th in the country in 2010. In 2010, 119 students graduated from Rutgers University-New Brunswick's biomedical engineering program. Rutgers University-New Brunswick charged in-state students $12,582 in tuition fees per year.

The second-ranked school in New Jersey with a biomedical engineering program is The College of New Jersey, which is located in Trenton. In 2010, it was ranked 21st nationwide. In 2010, 2 students graduated from The College of New Jersey biomedical engineering program. The tuition rate at The College of New Jersey was $13,293 per year.

Stevens Institute of Technology, which is located in Hoboken, is the third-ranked school in New Jersey that has a biomedical engineering program. It received a ranking of 28th in the country in 2010. In 2010, Stevens Institute of Technology graduated 37 students from its biomedical engineering programs. Students at Stevens Institute of Technology paid $39,816 per year in tuition fees.

Cost

Biomedical engineering schools in New Jersey, charge students an average tuition of $13,961 per year. But, tuition can be as much as $39,816 per year, or as little as $3,840 per year. The highest tuition rates in 2010 at New Jersey biomedical engineering schools were charged at the following schools:

1. Stevens Institute of Technology - located in Hoboken, students are charged $39,816 per year
2. New Jersey Institute of Technology - located in Newark, students are charged $13,370 per year

The biomedical engineering schools in New Jersey that charged the lowest tuition rates were:

1. Cumberland County College - located in Vineland, students are charged $3,840 per year
2. Rutgers University-New Brunswick - located in New Brunswick, students are charged $12,582 per year
3. The College of New Jersey - located in Trenton, students are charged $13,293 per year

A biomedical engineering degree from a New Jersey school... what next?

The highest percentage of biomedical engineering graduates in New Jersey pursue careers as a biomedical engineer. In 2010, there were 490 biomedical engineers working in New Jersey. The New Jersey counties with the largest populations of biomedical engineers are:

1. Middlesex County - 160 biomedical engineers
2. Essex County - 120 biomedical engineers
3. Mercer County - 30 biomedical engineers

Projected Growth

The government projects that by 2018, the number of biomedical engineers in the state of New Jersey will grow to 750. This would require a 34% growth in the profession.

Salary

A biomedical engineer in New Jersey earns $87,850 per year on average. In 2010, however, some New Jersey biomedical engineers earned as little as less than $54,110 per year or as much as more than $141,780 per year. The following counties in New Jersey have the highest average salaries for biomedical engineers:

1. Middlesex County - $97,890 per year
2. Essex County - $85,900 per year
3. Mercer County - $79,320 per year

A biomedical engineer in the following counties in New Jersey make the lowest salaries on average:

1. Mercer County - $79,320 per year
2. Essex County - $85,900 per year
3. Middlesex County - $97,890 per year

More Information

For more data regarding a career in biomedical engineering in New Jersey and to compare salaries with various related fields such as biochemistry or engineering, take a look at the graphs and charts below.