Biomedical engineering work in solving or developing solutions to medical and health related problems. Most work is a combination of knowledge on biology and medicine. They mainly develop artificial organs, prostheses, and many systems for medical information and health management. Most biomedical engineers also have a background in another disicipline of engineering.
Biomedical enigneering is the fifth lowest discipline out of all the engineering disciplines there were around 16,000 out of 1.6 million engineering jobs.
The average starting salary for an enigneer with a bachelor's degree was $54,158 and the average salary for these engineers is $77,400. The complete list here- http://www.infozee.com/channels/ms/usa/bioengineering-biomedical-engineering-rankings.htm
Biomedical engineering is predicted to grow 72% of the next decade and will grow really fast compared to other disciplines because the need to for more advance medical suppiles will be needed.
The top three schools for biomedical engineering are 1)Johns Hopkins University, 2)Massachusetts Institute for Technology, and 3)University of California-San Diego.
The Biomedical Engineering Society is one of the societies for biomedical engineering. Here's their link- http://www.bmes.org/aws/BMES/pt/sp/home_page
