This study investigates career intentions and students’ engineering attitudes in BME, with a focus on gender differences. Data from n = 716 undergraduate biomedical engineering students at a large public research institution in the United States were analyzed using hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis. Results revealed five clusters of intended post-graduation plans: Engineering Job and Graduate School, Any Job, Non-Engineering Job and Graduate School, Any Option, and Any Graduate School. Women were evenly distributed across clusters; there was no evidence of gendered career preferences. The main findings in regard to engineering attitudes reveal significant differences by cluster in interest, attainment value, utility value, and professional identity, but not in academic self-efficacy. Yet, within clusters the only gender differences were women’s lower engineering academic self-efficacy, interest and professional identity compared to men. Implications and areas of future research are discussed.

本研究调查了 BME 的职业意图和学生的工程态度，重点是性别差异。 来自美国一家大型公共研究机构的n = 716 名本科生生物医学工程学生的数据使用层次凝聚聚类分析进行了分析。结果显示了五组预期的毕业后计划：工程工作和研究生院、任何工作、非工程工作和研究生院、任何选择和任何研究生院。女性均匀分布在各个集群中；没有证据表明性别职业偏好。关于工程态度的主要发现揭示了兴趣、成就价值、效用价值和专业认同方面的集群差异，但在学术自我效能感方面没有显着差异。然而，在集群内，唯一的性别差异是女性与男性相比较低的工程学术自我效能、兴趣和职业认同。讨论了未来研究的意义和领域。