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<p>Technically yes, because biomed engineers don’t really qualify for a lot of standard engineering jobs. There are some exceptions (I know one girl personally who got a job as a systems engineer), but by and large, they will lose out on a lot of non-bio-engineering job opportunities. </p>
<p>You can look at the curriculm for a typical bio engineering program for evidence of this. Compare the BE curriculm with a mechanical/aero engineering program and you’ll see that many of the fundamental engineering courses are missing.</p>
<p>So because bio’s have a smaller job market, the competition is usually fiercer… again this is a general statement as the real job market is not as formulaic as many high school and college students think it is.</p>