Forbes Magazine named Biomedical Engineering the #1 Most Valuable Major: “Biomedical engineers earn a median starting salary of $53,800, which grows an average of 82% to $97,800 by mid-career. Moreover, the BLS projects a whopping 61.7% growth of job opportunities in the field. Moreover, the BLS projects a whopping 61.7% growth of job opportunities in the field—the most of any other major on the list.”