<p>I am pretty convinced I want to get a masters in BME. However I heard it is better to get your B.S. In something else if you wanna be a BME what should I do for my major??? Please help</p>
<p>electrical, mechanical, chemical…</p>
<p>I’m thinking about the same thing! I’m just wondering why there is even an undergraduate degree in BME if it is recommended to major in something else? </p>
<p>I’m currently leaning towards an electrical major with a BME minor…</p>
<p>IMO BME is too narrow a field for UG. It would have far few potential employers than the traditional EE, ME, ChemE paths. I’d say the same for Aeronautical Engineering, don’t do it for UG.</p>
<p>Why is there even an UG degree in BME? Supply and demand. Colleges are in the business of attracting tuition dollars, if that’s what the student wants they’ll supply it.</p>
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<p>Yes, anything biology-related seems to attract students, despite the poor job and career prospects (which are likely due to the oversupply of biology-related major graduates). Note that biology is one of the largest majors at many schools. Also, some chemical engineering departments have rebranded themselves as “chemical and biomolecular engineering” with the additional of a biology course to the curriculum.</p>
<p>ucbalum is right. In fact, GT pulled that trick recently :p. I know many BMEs and none of them actually have biomedical engineering jobs. Some work in finance, others are currently slogging their way through med school, and others sat for the FE exam and became more traditional engineers. I don’t care what the media is saying, the field is just not hot.</p>
<p>Edit: Actually, I take that back. One is working at a local biotech startup</p>
<p>Double edit: I’m not going to say flat out that it’s a bad major to choose, just not a terribly good one if you want to be an engineer. GT’s starting salary for BME is on the low end for engineering but is much higher than, say, chinese.</p>
<p>funny you mention GT since they are my number one choice hahaha…they seem to be promoting the BME program a lot…thanks for the info! appreciate everyone’s comments…</p>
<p>If you actually want to do your masters in bme then you should do your undergrad in bme. Bme is very different from EE and ME so grad school in bme after those two would be pointless. You just wouldn’t understand higher level bme topics.</p>
<p>There has been a lot of hype around BME, I think largely because of the headlines about projected growth rates relative to other careers. What the hype fails to mention is that it is currently a relatively very small field (so of course any growth is going to look impressive). </p>
<p>Nevertheless, it sounds very appealing to students, and programs have proliferated at the undergrad level in recent years as a result. Schools like to offer appealing majors, they actually do not concern themselves with availability of jobs for graduates (and I speak as someone who works in such places). This seems like a set up for a big problem as the raw numbers of new jobs, despite the growth potential, is still very small, and the schools are flooding the market with BME graduates far beyond the raw number growth rate. </p>
<p>At least this is my interpretation of the situation.</p>
<p>I’ve heard undergrad majors in more general fields<Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical (not sure about the subsets of civil, aeronautic, etc?), and then a minor in BME is a good way to go. Or, forego the minor, and just get a masters/higher in BME.</p>