Graduate School: MS in BME or ME?

<p>I have an undergrad in Biomedical Engineering. Straight out of college, its hard to find any jobs in BME although I do have a passion in it. However, let's be real. There is currently a hiring freeze and I am afraid when I am finished with Master's Program in BME, I won't be able to find any jobs. Should I switch to Mechanical Engineering MS major (with a thesis still in Biomed)? </p>

<p>Or is it hard to find engineering jobs across the board in general?</p>

<p>Would love to know the answer to this as well. Son will get his BS in mechanical engineering next year, and is insisting on only applying to BME grad schools. He really wanted to get a BS in BME but took the advice to get a BS in a “standard” engineering field. But he loves BME and really wants that to be his career. I’ve noticed many schools have ME departments with professors that do biomedical research, like son is doing at his current undergrad, but he fears that if he simply gets an MS in ME, not in BME, he will not be able to find a job in biomedical engineering, which is what he wants to do.</p>

<p>Similar situation for Lake Jr.</p>

<p>He’s done much investigation career-wise and understands the the BME field is very broad. A lot of BME faculty have their graduate degrees in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or even Materials Science. It seems that there are jobs to be had in BME if one of those specialties is what you’re interested in, despite lacking a graduate degree in BME.</p>

<p>I see this a lot in our students finishing with BME degrees. It is not a profession where there are a lot of B.S. level jobs at this time. Most of them either go to medical school or graduate school. There are more BME opportunities in research.</p>