What should I major in? *read more*

College Search & Selection
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<p>So I'm a pretty well rounded individual, I've succeeded at the AP level with Biology and Chemistry, and am currently hanging onto an A- in AP physics this year. I want to major in something that will allow me to go to work straight out of college with a decent salary, say $60-75k a year.</p>

<p>I want to work in a field focusing on "green technology", and am mainly applying to the top three UC's.</p>

<p>I was thinking about bioengineering but I don't really know what that encompasses.</p>

<p>UCBerkeley, UCLA, UCSD</p>

<p>suggestions for majors?</p>

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<p>Environmental engineering.</p>

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<p>since its all general ed until 3rd year, I was wondering if I could apply for a competitive major such as bioengineering right now and switch to environmental engineering if I change my interests?</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins offers a terrific top 3 program in Biophysics. #1 program in Biomedical engineering (essentially bioengineering with an emphasis on medical devices and applications towards medicine), and #5 program in Environmental Engineering.</p>

<p>For bioengineering, I’d recommend UCSD and MIT. Biophysics, Brown, Columbia, GWU, RPI, Carnegie Mellon, etc…</p>

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<p>You’ll get the low range of that if you do a traditional engineering field that pays well (sorry CivEs). If you do something like environmental chemistry or something along those lines I imagine you’d be making a bit less. Maybe in four years starting salaries will be creeping upwards towards $70k in the more expensive markets, but I doubt it with how people are probably getting offered less right now than they were a year ago this time.</p>

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<p>Go here to learn about biomedical engineering:</p>

<p>[Biomedical</a> Engineering — Open Yale Courses](<a href=“http://oyc.yale.edu/biomedical-engineering]Biomedical”>Biomedical Engineering | Open Yale Courses)</p>