<p>So I was recently accepted to the University of Texas at Austin's Business school (Mccomb's) and I had a few questions about Engineering and Business. If I was to do business I would probably do Finance or MIS, and if I was to do Engineering I would do Biomedical Engineering. Now...</p>
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<li><p>Can anybody in either of these majors tell me perks to majoring in them, course load, job options, etc etc.</p></li>
<li><p>Is the starting pay and average pay later in the years pretty similar with Engineering and Business majors?</p></li>
<li><p>If I was to do Business, would it be completely worth it doing something not as technical as Engineering?</p></li>
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<p>Now I have many questions but these are just the three basic ones I have. I enjoy mostly everything, in school right now and there's only one thing I can't stand (History) so I would be happy with whatever job I had to do. Now this may sound kind of crappy, but I really just want to make a lot of money with good options for jobs, and I heard certain types of Engineers were having a lot harder time finding work recently. Any input on salaries and choices and job availability would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everybody for their time.</p>
<p>Well, engineers can cross over to business jobs if they are competitive, but business majors can never cross over to engineering. So, in pure job prospect sense, engineering is better than business, but this is only assuming you are good at engineering and can get a high GPA.</p>
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<li><p>Job opportunities for MIS and Finance through McCombs are very, very good. If I got accepted to that school I would have a hard time turning away from it. Of course, the engineering program at UT Austin is highly ranked as well, but I haven’t done much research into job placement.</p></li>
<li><p>McCombs has an ERB program which stands for engineering route to business. Considering your questions you should really look into it. Engineers make more starting out and mid-career, although the business majors, sans marketing and administration, do catch up pretty well due to the fact that personal character largely determines how far you move up after the degree. </p></li>
<li><p>Business is worth if you find a concentration that really interests you, especially at McCombs. If I were you I would declare the ERB as a major so you can test out a few of the engineering and business courses together and compare and contrast the two.</p></li>
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<p>At Engineering forum I have found many posts saying bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering isn’t very marketable and it’s best pursued at graduate level, at least Master’s. It’s because Biomed Eng. major teaches parts of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Bio and etc. tangentially.</p>