Best engineering major that applies to sports or sports medicine

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<p>Sports are my passion and I know that I want to have a career that is involved in sports somehow. I have always wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon with a specialty in sports medicine and my dream job would be to be a team physician for a pro or college team. </p>

<p>I am currently going to go to the University of Missouri-Columbia as a Biological Engineering major, with the intention of applying to med school and taking the path mentioned above. Doing some research I have found the if I did not make it into med school, (which is now a scary realization/possibilty that I had not thought of before now) this degree does not have a great job outlook.</p>

<p>The great thing about med school is that you can take almost any major and be qualified to apply. I am great at math and have interests in science and physics so engineering appeals to me as a degree. </p>

<p>I am wondering if anyone knows of an engineering degree that would be best to apply to a field in sports. Like, for example, working for Nike and developing new shirts or their FuelBands had to have had some biomedical engineering involved. I really like sports and want a career involved with sports as said above, so what engineering degrees would be best to not only get into med school, or if that doesn't pan out, has a high job outlook with ties to sports? Thanks!!</p>

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<p>If medicine is your passion, look into DO programs and make sure you volunteer. Persistence is key.</p>

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<p>However, these major may be more difficult to fit the pre-med courses around, unless you come in with AP or other credit that can free up schedule space to take the pre-med courses in.</p>

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<p>Yeah I was looking into mechanical, not sure how difficult it would be to turn that into a pre med track. Thanks guys!</p>

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<p>I’m looking into the same field. I’m going to pursue biomechanical. It’s an extension of mechanical engineering and they use their knowledge of mechanical engineering on the human body to enhance performance. Something to consider.</p>

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<p>Biomed engineering would be good, but you need to find a strong program if you hope to be employable. Likely you’d have to do grad work with either biological or biomed engineering. Materials science engineerng might be good if you want to develop products for the sports industry but like mechanical engineering, it would be quite a switch from biological engineering.</p>