biomedical engineering-schools with good merit aid?

Montegut
Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:45:42 +0000

To the OP’s friend, my son also wanted to major in BME. We were hard pressed to find an affordable school with the BME major per se. I would urge her to look at schools that are affordable and a good fit where she can get a general engineering degree, maybe minor in biology, and save her money for grad school specifically for BME. My son did like UAB, but chose Bama instead, but may perhaps do his grad BME at UAB, or maybe one of the other schools he researched. He’s only a freshman, so who knows where he’ll be four years from now.

Since she’s in the Northeast, I would also recommend she look at Clemson, which does offer BME and seems to draw a lot of people from the NE. She may get an out of state tuition waiver.

If she’s looking for a free ride, or close to one, she should definitely apply to the three Alabama schools, Auburn, Bama and UAB. Although not necessarily a fit for a girl in the NE, Missississippi State does offer BME and is very generous with scholarships.

Other BME schools my son applied to and got scholarships, but still left us with a high price tag, were Marquette, St. Louis Uni, Catholic Uni, and Univ of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou). But what may be a high price tag to us may be affordable to your friend.

As she is from the Northeast, she may want to apply to Tulane. Lots of people from the NE there, and she may get some merit aid. Again, depends on what she calls “good merit aid”.

Good luck!