<p>I'm a senior in high school and still somewhat undecided about what to major in in college. I like engineering and I think that Bio-medical engineering sounds interesting. Would it be a good idea to get a bachelor's degree in Bio-medical Engineering. One person has told me that there won't be many jobs in the field even though it's growing quickly and suggested getting a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and afterwards a masters degree in Bio-medical engineering.. I'd just like to here some more opinions. Also would it be a good idea to take this as a pre-med program.</p>
<p>At the undergraduate level, to my knowledge, most biomedical engineering curricula cover too many topics in not enough depth and it is necessary to continue for graduate work for further specialization in biomedical engineering. A ME or EE degree would position you well for many biomedical engineering positions in industry. This is not to say that a BME undergraduate degree is not a good idea, but something to be aware of. Many students major in BME while completing the pre-med requirements, which can have advantages and disadvantages. While an engineering degree provides a fallback in case one is not accepted to medical school, it may be more challenging to obtain a high GPA with a BME major.</p>
<p>If anything sounds ‘interesting’, it’s glutted. That’s the world we live in these days. Boring and hard things (accounting, or in the case of biomedical engineering, “quality engineers” or “equipment techs”) have jobs, while interesting and glamorous things (designing new devices, anything with a ‘feelgood’ dimension like prosthetics research, brain-machine interfaces, etc) are glutted. That’s the rule to live by when thinking about jobs. Interesting? Few jobs. </p>