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Graduate Outcome Data

Up to Labor Market for PhDs

Links to studies on where Ph.D.s work after graduation.



UCSD Graduate Student Data
Detailed information on how UCSD Ph.D.s have fared in the labor force, including breakdowns by department. An example that should be followed by all institutions!
Changing Career Paths of Young Scholars in the United States: Example of the Life Sciences
An interesting presentation by economist Paula Stephan showing a restructuring of careers for young life scientists.
Degrees and Occupations in Engineering: How Much Do They Diverge?
NSF Issue Brief 99-318. "This Issue Brief is a preview to the forthcoming report The Education and Employment of Engineering Graduates. It presents an overview of the relationship between educational patterns and occupational outcomes in engineering and examines effects of age and combinations of engineering degrees with degrees outside engineering."
Employment Outcomes of Doctorates in Science and Engineering
Report of a 1998 CPST workshop
Are Forms of Financial Support and Employment Choices of Recent S&E Ph.D.s Related?
NSF Issue Brief 98-320. "This issue brief examines the relationships between the early employment choices of recent S&E Ph.D.s and their primary mechanisms of financial support while in graduate school." In brief, those with RA's and fellowships tend to end up doing research; those with TA's are more evenly split between research and teaching positions.
Ph.D.s - Ten Years Later: Outcomes Assessment in Graduate Education
"The Ten Year's Later study was designed to assess doctoral programs in terms of the career outcomes of their graduates. This study compares employment paths of doctorates across institutions, and in that process serves to advance the capability of U.S. doctorate-granting institutions to collect employment information about their alumni and to relate this information back to their doctoral programs."