Is Biomedical Science a popular field to study and does it pay much?

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Hey, so i am a junior and the counselors have been bugging us about our future. Well, at first, i thought of being a surgeon and there is no way to that. However, I am interested in chemistry and biology. I was looking through some universities catalogs and biomedicine seems interesting to me. However, I know very little about it. Does it pay much? Do people look up to it when i say i am studying for biomedical science?

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Biomedical science is a field that crosses several disciplines. You could think of it as sort of a combination of chemical and mechanical engineering and biology. A Biomedical Engineering degree comprises basic engineering courses plus basic medical courses such as physiology, anatomy, and biocompatibility. Biomedical engineers design and build a broad array of medical instrumentation and devices. There are great opportunities designing, making and delivering medical device technology. For example, pacemakers, catheters, stents, imaging equipment (x-ray, mri, ultrasound, etc.), artificial hearts, dialysis machines, diagnostic equipment, artificial joints, and vascular grafts are some of the devices that biomedical engineers help produce. Biomedical Engineering is a great field. Biomedical is actually one of the best engineering fields to enter. It is a growth field and is one of the most recession proof areas of the economy. It is particularly a good field if you go into the higher end of business which is about designing, making and delivering medical device technology. For example, pacemakers, catheters, stents, artificial hearts, dialysis machines, artificial joints, and vascular grafts are some of the devices that biomedical engineers help produce. Salaries for medical device engineers range from around $ 70,000 to $ 90,000 depending on the area of the country. To get a job in these areas, it helps to attend a top notch BE program or have a masters. You should also know that it is a highly concentrated business. Most of the companies are in California or Minnesota. There are a few smaller but growing biomedical regions in Salt Lake City, Boston and others. But, it is not the kind of job you can find anywhere. Probably 90% of the jobs are in about 6-7 cities.