Hi, so I was admitted to the BME program at Hopkins ED, because I really believe it is something I would enjoy studying. But after looking at the outlook for jobs after college even with a masters in BME, I’ve been having second thoughts. I don’t plan on going to med school (cost is kinda scary) and I first joined BME because I thought I would be able to work in research and development. But after learning about how hard it is to get a job with a BME degree when Physics and MechE majors are still capable of getting the same jobs as well as other jobs outside the med field, I’ve started thinking about switching majors.
I don’t know if I’d be locked into BME because I applied ED, but I haven’t come across anything that suggests that I’d be stuck. I started doing some research on ChemBE, because that was another field that I thought I would enjoy, and found that the outlook seems decent for chemical engineers and that I could still work in R&D in the med field. I’ve looked at the course program for ChemBE and I think it would still be awesome to study it. JHU is pretty well-known for both programs (more so for BME) and I would be happy with a masters in either major.
Overall, I have two questions: How hard would it be to transfer from BME into ChemBE? And also, what’s the outlook like for ChemBE jobs?
I would appreciate any advice you all would be willing to give! Thanks!