Hey Guys,
I’m a senior in high school and I’ve been having hard time deciding what I want to major in once I get to college. For the most part, I’m very interested in going into biomedical engineering, it’s probably by far my first choice. I also would really like to use my degree to work at a hospital or other medical center of some sort, rather than an engineering firm. I’m willing to branch out to other engineering fields as well, but my heart is set on wanting to work in a hospital/medical setting. What jobs are available for engineers in the medical field? Would getting a degree in mechanical/chemical/electrical engineering offer better prospects than BME?
besides Biomedical engineering, but if you want good job prospects, Radiological Health engineers work there a lot.
http://engineering.tamu.edu/academics/degrees/undergraduate/rhen
From an engineering degree you can also enter the profession of Radiation Health Physics or Medical Physics but it will require graduate degrees.
At my school (University of Michigan), only a small fraction of people do BME to do engineering related work. At least half are pre-med and another 25%ish are some other type of pre-health (e.g., dental).
Is your goal to go to a health professional school?
I am planning to, but I still want my undergrad degree to be as useful as possible in the case that something happens and I want to go straight to work.
It will be harder to get a job with BME. If you want to get a job, your best bet is to major in one of the more traditional engineering disciplines.