<p>aqua it seems like you are trying to select based on the program rank rather than the curriculum - rank is important but BME is vastly different from IS. You are talking about the difference between essentially the software engineering/IT realm and making prostetic arms! You might want to look at BME specific rankings for more input but at the end of the day as long as it is an accredited program you will likely be happy with BME at any decent school. CMU is great but no school is worth attending if you aren’t in the program you want to be in IMO. Just a thought. Actually I think Pitt’s BME program is ranked higher then CMU’s but I am far too lazy to check :)</p>