What can you do with a BS in Biomedical engineering?

[Drip Bayless]

I'm bout to go to college in a couple weeks and I been kinda set on majoring in Biomedical engineering. But I'm hearing about a lot of people who ain't eating off just the BS. Most people been telling me to get my BS in mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering and then go get a BME degree for Masters. I'm mad confused tho cause on the Bureau of Labor Statistics it says BME is one of the fastest growing job markets in the country. Anybody got any advice?

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

. Anybody got any advice?

dont schedule classes before 11

 

[El negrito de tejas]

I'm bout to go to college in a couple weeks and I been kinda set on majoring in Biomedical engineering. But I'm hearing about a lot of people who ain't eating off just the BS. Most people been telling me to get my BS in mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering and then go get a BME degree for Masters. I'm mad confused tho cause on the Bureau of Labor Statistics it says BME is one of the fastest growing job markets in the country. Anybody got any advice?

From what i've seen applying for jobs in the Oil and Gas industry Engineers are eating very well man. I kinda regret not going that path seeing all these job opportunities for them online. The best advice I can tell you man is Network your ass off. Join a professional organization pertaining to your major and some other organizations on campus. I know too many people that if it wasn't for them knowing somebody within the company beforehand they wouldn't have even gotten a interview.

I have an associate who graduated with a Accounting degree and he got a paid internship(Eventually was hired on) with Tesoro. All he had to do was show up for the interview and the internship was his. Know why? His mom was actually a mentor to the guy who was conducting the interview for my associate.


Another female friend I know was apart of the NSBE(National Society of Black Engineers) and The society for Women Engineers. She ended up getting a paid internship with Haliburton and when she graduated last fall was offered a permanent position.

Network and School Organizations man

 

[Type Username Here]

I'm bout to go to college in a couple weeks and I been kinda set on majoring in Biomedical engineering. But I'm hearing about a lot of people who ain't eating off just the BS. Most people been telling me to get my BS in mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering and then go get a BME degree for Masters. I'm mad confused tho cause on the Bureau of Labor Statistics it says BME is one of the fastest growing job markets in the country. Anybody got any advice?

A lot of people when I went were going for BioMed in hopes of becoming doctors. Several of my friends had trouble finding jobs once things didn't go according to plans.

What do you want to do with a BioMed BS?

 

[Drip Bayless]

A lot of people when I went were going for BioMed in hopes of becoming doctors. Several of my friends had trouble finding jobs once things didn't go according to plans.

What do you want to do with a BioMed BS?

I was tryna see if I could get a job right out of college, but it ain't looking like that from what I'm hearing
shyt man. How are you supposed to get a degree studying what you enjoy if you gonna be broke once you graduate. I might just suck it up and go for the ME

 

[Type Username Here]

I was tryna see if I could get a job right out of college, but it ain't looking like that from what I'm hearing
shyt man. How are you supposed to get a degree studying what you enjoy if you gonna be broke once you graduate. I might just suck it up and go for the ME

I'm sure there are jobs out there, but the competition from BMEs who didn't make the Medical School Cut is going to be fierce.

ME is good but I would go with Electrical or Chemical. At the end of the day, just make sure you pick something you'll enjoy and balance that with the job market. Following strictly the job market or salary won't do you any favors when you're been awake for several days studying for Calc III or Fluid Dynamics final exams.

 

[Jhoon]

Compare the curriculum between biomedical engineering and nanotechnology. As for the folks over at labor, they are liars.

If I were you, I would go for an electrical/computer engineering degree and see where your luck starts.

 

[Drip Bayless]

I'm sure there are jobs out there, but the competition from BMEs who didn't make the Medical School Cut is going to be fierce.

ME is good but I would go with Electrical or Chemical. At the end of the day, just make sure you pick something you'll enjoy and balance that with the job market. Following strictly the job market or salary won't do you any favors when you're been awake for several days studying for Calc III or Fluid Dynamics final exams.

I like chemistry so I'll consider it. I'm just surprised cause when I first decided I was gonna do BME everybody was talking about how the market for BME is growing rapidly

 

[duckbutta]

You can apply for about 1 of the maybe 25,000 biomed jobs in the world...then after you obviously don't get the job, have some interesting stories to tell while you make cappuccino's at starbucks

 

[L&HH]

From what i've seen applying for jobs in the Oil and Gas industry Engineers are eating very well man. I kinda regret not going that path seeing all these job opportunities for them online. The best advice I can tell you man is Network your ass off. Join a professional organization pertaining to your major and some other organizations on campus. I know too many people that if it wasn't for them knowing somebody within the company beforehand they wouldn't have even gotten a interview.

I have an associate who graduated with a Accounting degree and he got a paid internship(Eventually was hired on) with Tesoro. All he had to do was show up for the interview and the internship was his. Know why? His mom was actually a mentor to the guy who was conducting the interview for my associate.


Another female friend I know was apart of the NSBE(National Society of Black Engineers) and The society for Women Engineers. She ended up getting a paid internship with Haliburton and when she graduated last fall was offered a permanent position.

Network and School Organizations man

This right here. The biggest BS in Engineering right now is Lean Six Sigma. I just got my cert a couple months ago [picture in my sig btw :biden:]. I wanted to try my hand as my own 6 sigma consultant, well I was speaking with a guy who just recently quit his job to become his own consultant, he doesn't even have a cert but he had a bunch of contacts from his previous company who then went on to become executives at other companies. Now he makes 7500 /wk [150 /hr] and an extra 2500 or so for travel. I will be on the phone with him tomorrow to talk about who knows what...

I say that to say, if you're just looking for a job as an engineer I recommend Lean 6 sigma. It's alot of easy common sense stuff, a decent amount of statistics is necessary but it's all taught to you.

 

[wheywhey]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics employment forecast is just an estimated guess. They don't take into account industry layoffs that may occur just as you are graduating. Also, BLS only forecasts 5,200 more jobs in the next 10 years or 520 a year. In the next few years that number could easily drop to 3,500. Don't forget that other engineering disciplines can fill these positions as well as foreign workers.

The greatest medical breakthrough was clean drinking water. Engineering/medicine is just like any other business. You need a willing buyer for your goods or services. If the buyer doesn't exist, you don't have employment.

Study what you are interested in but make sure you have options (sales, teaching, etc.) if BME doesn't work out.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Depends...what do you wanna do?

Its not as broad as the other specialities though so you gotta really be an elite candidate.

Additionally, sometimes you'll be working with other people who have more education (depending on the type of education) cause PhD cats can do more in labs sometimes than dudes with BS engineering degrees.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

U bout 2 graduate and u just now thinking about employability

No swipes but high key u shoulda asked this question like 4 yrs ago.

That said its a decent degree. Actually, a really good degree.

 

[superunknown23]

It's a pretty good degree actually... You can work in all kinds of industries.
Engineering degrees in general are job-safe. Unemployment among engineers is typically under 3 percent (I'm an aerospace engineer).

Biomedical Engineer

Median pay: $87,000
Top pay: $134,000
10-year job growth: 61.7%
Total jobs*: 15,700
What they do all day? The MRI, the pacemaker, artificial joints – biomedical engineers have helped make them the wonders they are today. BMEs, as they're called, work to design, create and improve medical devices such as prosthetics, artificial organs, and bioengineered skin.

How to get the job? BMEs typically have a bachelor's or master's in biomedical engineering, and may have an MBA, law degree, or M.D. as well. Employers value team players who can communicate complex ideas well; being research-oriented is another plus.

What's great? What's not? For those with a technical aptitude, it's an opportunity to make the world a better place. Every day, there's the potential to create something groundbreaking. But nine-to-fivers need not apply -- the hours can be long since exciting research doesn't tend to fit the 40-hour work week. --Kate Ashford

Quality of life ratings:

• Personal satisfaction: A
• Benefit to society: A
• Flexibility: B
• Low stress: A

http://money.cnn.com/pf/best-jobs/2013/snapshots/1.html

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Consulting jobs maybe?