<p>I can not choose between these two for my major at Louisiana Tech next year. My goal is to get into medical school after undergraduate school, but I also want a safer option to fall back on. </p>
<p>How do the average pays compare?
What kind of career can I expect from either of these?
Which will best prepare me for med school?</p>
<p>If you are majoring in BME and cant go to Med. School, you will be stuck in finding a good job since you have only bachelor. You need to have Phd in BME if you want to make a career.</p>
<p>If I do not go to Medical school I will go straight to graduate school regardless. Which major offers better options as far as masters degrees?</p>
<p>Go straight to postgraduate*</p>
<p>Mechanical Engineering is not a particularly good preparation for medical school since the required courses for a pre-med are not part of the curriculum. Biomedical Engineering is better and it seems to me that if you are primarily interested in medical school, you should go into the latter. Of course, as was pointed out by Jan2013, if you don’t get into medical school, you probably need a Ph.D. for a good job. A Masters is not really much of an option for Biomedical Engineering.</p>
<p>With Mechanical Engineering, there are many more career options to fall back on and a professional masters in Mechanical Engineering is of value in the workplace.</p>
<p>The decision really depends on your desire for medical school.</p>
<p>I know I have the ability for medical school but most of my worries are "what if"s. Is there another degree you would recommend for me that would provide a comfortable career regardless? I am both passionate and talented in math and sciences.</p>
<p>This has worried me greatly. Especially with family members constantly asking what I’ve got planned. Any help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>You need to read the discussion in this forum with the title of: “4 years to do double major plus pre med” go find it on page 2 or 3. It will clear up your what-if’s…</p>
<p>You’ll more than likely need a high GPA to get into med school. Engineering programs are notoriously rigorous and difficult, so that may be a hard goal to accomplish. </p>
<p>Second issue, it will likely be harder to find work with a degree in BME than MechE, however, BME is the one you’d most likely want to do as your undergraduate degree. Your best bet is to either choose becoming an engineer or becoming a doctor.</p>
<p>So would it be a good idea to major in Biomedical Engineering even if you don’t want to be a doctor? Is it a good and safe major at this time in the world?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html</a> may be of interest.</p>
<p>Needing a PhD in BME to get a decent job is an absolute myth. i talked to a rep from BME at Mizzou and he was telling me that even though 70% of graduates go to grad school, the ones that don’t all get great jobs anyway. One of his average students, 3.2 GPA, easily got a 80k starter job. Most of his grads go to med school.
Also, it is one of the fastest growing fields.</p>
<p>Many of the premed/engineering majors at my son’s college are chemical engineering majors. Right now, chemical engineering is a great degree to get as a fall back because the oil business is booming. With simply a BS in biology, you will be lucky if you get a lab tech or teaching job. You will need at least two years of chemistry for med school, general and organic, and you’ll get those as part of your chem eng major at most schools. Good luck!</p>