<p>Biomedical engineers held 7,600 jobs in the US in 2002 and this number is expected to exceed 10,000 by 2012! That's hardly any jobs!!! ***. How on earth can you find a job, or why would you even study BME, with so few jobs out there???????? DukeEgr, anyone. I mean, that is almost no jobs.</p>
<p>"Biomedical engineers held 7,600 jobs in the US in 2002" - that is not a correct interpretation of the Whitaker report (<a href="http://www.whitaker.org/glance/outlook2012.html)%5B/url%5D">http://www.whitaker.org/glance/outlook2012.html)</a>. There were 7600 BME jobs - which I read as being "BME Only" positions. There are myriad other opportunities for engineers of any stripe to go into. Trust me - our BME graduates are not hurting for opportunities!</p>
<p>thanks for making this thread in case we didn't catch the same one half a page down</p>
<p>What do you mean by "BME only," DukeEgr. You have a degree in BME, so why wouldn't you have a job only in BME?</p>
<p>A few more questions; what is the most popular major at Duke, how successful are graduates, and how many BME job recruiters are over at Duke for the day when all recruiters come?</p>
<p>"What do you mean by "BME only," DukeEgr. You have a degree in BME, so why wouldn't you have a job only in BME?"</p>
<p>There are jobs where a BME degree may be necessary for employment and there may be jobs where any Engineering degree is acceptable for a position... or a certian set of degrees. BME's from Duke get jobs in more than just directly applied BME</p>
<p>Many BME majors go to Med school</p>
<p>UltimateFrisbee, did you ever consider that there might only be 7,600 working biomedical engineers because it's a field that is both new and small? Of course there aren't as many BME's as EE's. How many people do you think major in BME in the first place? Good lord, this had better be flame.</p>
<p>So, DukeEgr, you're saying I will have many opportunities as a Duke BME graduate? How many employers come on "recruiting day" for BME? I just want to make sure 4 years of hard work at Duke will be worth it for landing a good job in BME...quickly. And do business/financial companies hire engineers in general from Duke. Do they even look to see if you have a BME degree or just any engineering degree from Duke? Still, wow, 7600 is ridiculously low.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.careeroverview.com/biomedical-engineering-careers.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.careeroverview.com/biomedical-engineering-careers.html</a> might be a useful link. Business and financial companies do hire engineers in general, and depending on the field, may or may not care about the discipline. With so many companies looking at investigating advances in bio-anything, though, the BME part would be a plus to those. The workload in all four of our departments is pretty balanced so I would say it is important to determine for yourself what you are interested in studying, pursue it, and worry less about the rankings.</p>
<p>Thanks. So, in general, do Duke BME graduates easily land jobs, even before graduating?</p>