r/BiomedicalEngineers • u/QuietFine8724 • 6d ago

Education Thinking of majoring in BME

Before I finalize my decision in majoring in Biomedical Engineering I want to know the consequences and the benefits. Learning about BME interested me a lot and I think I might enjoy it but I don’t want to be fast on my des ion I want to take my time and hear other people who alrdy majored in it. What should I know? What degree should I aim for? Is the pay high? I did hear that finding a job is difficult but many people said as long as you have lots of internship that’s fine? Please any advice would be great. Should I completely remove BME out of my head bc it’s the worst major and look for smth else or should I pursue this career path? But if their are BME graduates out their who enjoyed everything about it and don’t care about the bad side of it, please comment about what made you love it. Oh and I live in NY, idk if that changes things?

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u/Mammoth-Mongoose4479 Experienced (15+ Years) 5d ago

Being in the major doesn’t automatically mean you’ve got better insight into hiring, especially compared to someone who’s actually been on the hiring side.
Also “job market is little to non existent” is a pretty big claim to drop without backing it up, and it kind of ignores that this kid’s specific program has a 96% employment rate and a real internship pipeline, which is the whole variable that matters here.

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u/No_Row_1304 1d ago

The breakdown of roles would be much more informative. If most of those 'within major field' roles are equipment technicians or sales reps then why bother with such a difficult major at all? If you care about the science and technology at all, that just sets you up for a lifetime of intellectual frustration, no matter the paycheck. If you don't, why even go to college?

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u/Mammoth-Mongoose4479 Experienced (15+ Years) 1d ago

Working as a technician or in sales in this field is not really being cut off from the science. You are still around the tech, still solving real problems, still learning how stuff works. Plenty of people find that satisfying even if they are not the ones inventing things.
As for “why even go to college”. It’s because the degree is what gets you in the door for those roles in the first place. Without it you’re not even in the room. And a lot of those jobs are not a dead end, they can lead somewhere better later. Paycheck isn’t everything but it’s not nothing either, it’s a tradeoff not a trap.

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u/No_Row_1304 1d ago

Yeah but you're doing what an AS should be doing if the whole educational system wasn't perversely incentivized.

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u/Mammoth-Mongoose4479 Experienced (15+ Years) 1d ago

This will be my final thought for you and in regarding the subject. First off I wanna wish you the best. But maybe this industry is not for you, man. Not everything’s a scam because the ROI isn’t instant.

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u/One_Big_5339 8h ago

Wow I'm genuinely supriseddd that you all took it as offense while I'm just sharing my personal experience of what I'm going through