According to the customers!
According to rankings of the 25 best graduate BME programs in the nation as compiled by the non-profit Graduate Programs Foundation in Spring 2014, and based solely on rankings and reviews from current or recent graduate students, the University of Utah’s Biomedical Engineering program was ranked #5 in the nation. Other notable rankings include Columbia University at #1, USC at # 9, Stanford University at #14, Johns Hopkins at #20.
The rankings were based on input submitted during a period of more than 18 months and
by more than 60,000 students
participating in greater than 1,500 graduate programs around the country. Using a 10-point scale, students evaluated 15 specific ranking categories at each graduate school including academic competitiveness, career support, quality of network, affordability of living, Workload, and Faculty Accessibility & Support. Rankings for a given program are not assigned until a minimum threshold of graduate student surveys are completed for that program.
According to “JS” who posted a comment on the Graduate Programs website about the U’s BME program:
Salt Lake City is a great place as long as you are not looking for a really big city feel. There are endless things to do, especially if you like the outdoors. Diversity is much better than many think, and the U is actually very diverse as far as male to female students and faculty compared to other programs. Don’t hesitate applying to the U.”
The Graduate Programs Foundation is a non-profit entity that dispenses scholarships to students who have been selected at random as winners after participating in Graduate Programs Rate and Review program. – See more at:
http://www.graduateprograms.com/about-us/#sthash.Tpjjkj42.dpuf