Is Hopkins BME worth debt?

tanman
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:05:36 +0000

Can you conclude that there are very good job prospects out of JHU when only one third of students get jobs? Or, do you conclude that JHU prepares BME students well for additional graduate/PHD study?

The trend of about 1/3 of BME graduate going into industry while another 1/3 go to medical school and the last 1/3 go to grad school has been steady for many years. Hopkins, in all disciplines, has a very academic focus, and I felt like there was a focus on getting students ready for further graduate work. I highly suspect that “only” 1/3 of BME grads get jobs because only 1/3 of BME grads are looking for jobs. I doubt that many Hopkins BME grads went to grad school because of poor job prospects; on the other hand, I know several that went into industry, either because they wanted to wait a year or two before applying to med/grad school, or they didn’t get into the very very top med/grad schools that they were shooting for. I remember my class being surveyed at the end of our freshman year about out initial thoughts on post-grad plans, and even then, no where near half the students were thinking about going into industry. I think Hopkins, at least in BME, attracts a very academic, research oriented group of students and cultivates them into future graduate students (granted, they realize that some students want to go into industry, and there’s a person who’s the “industry liason” whose coordinates different companies’ visits to campus, so for those who do want to go into industry, it’s certain possible and not discouraged)