<p>I am not very familiar with the differences between bioengineering and biomedical engineering as I personally see the two as being very similar, but I do know that at Hopkins, bioengineering, and chemical and biomolecular engineering are amongst the options that a student who likes the general premise of bme, can explore, amongst other majors like biophysics, cellular and molecular biology, etc.</p>
<p>The amount of interest is indeed large for BME overall, but the amount of programs in it are small to begin with. Thus, there is not as much difference in supply and demand as you are suggesting. Also, amongst the BME schools, I’m pretty sure that a school like JHU would give its undergraduates top and first picks of BME related fields and positions before schools like Northwestern and Cornell which lag in comparison with their respective programs.</p>
<p>Students who enter BME programs tend to be focused on either BME or Pre-Med. It is unlikely that these students would be very interested in entering a MechE related or EE related field, and if they were, they could easily switch majors before subjecting themselves to countless BME courses until graduation.</p>