<p>Hey. So I am a senior in high school deciding what to do with the rest of my life. I know it is kind of early to be deciding, but I want to decide upon an undergraduate program that will suit my graduate program. As of right now I am going into Biomedical Engineering, then plan on going to med school. However, I have been reading a lot of posts about reasons to not go into medicine and reasons to go into medicine. </p>
<p>Anyways, what I am curious is what other career paths are available that offer similar job security as well as similar salary compared to a physician or even specialist making roughly $200k. A lot of posts on forums say that there are other jobs to go into instead of medicine that compensate equally. However, none of the posts state a specific job.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Hospital administrators. Medical group management. </p>
<p>Other health professions with good income potential:</p>
<p>[unless otherwise noted, all careers require a MS or higher]</p>
<p>health physicist (PhD); biomedical R&D (PhD): optometrist (OD); podiatrist (DPM); audiologist (AuD); nurse practitioner (DNP); nurse anesthetist (CRNA); anesthesia assistant; pharmacist (PharmD); clinical psychologist (PsyD/PhD); dentist (DMD/DDS); physical therapist (DPT); occupational therapist; radiation therapist; respiratory therapist; physician assistant. There are probably more, but I can’t think of them right now.</p>
<p>BTW, most physicians don’t make over the $200K mark……especially those fresh our of residency/fellowship or those in primary care specialties.</p>
<p>And when you talk about compensation you need to factor in debt, malpractice costs, practice costs, etc. as well a time/opportunity costs. Medicine has a very long training period.</p>