Base: THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY NEITHER GRAD STUDENTS NOR POST DOCS

BEGAN FIRST, FULL-TIME, INDEPENDENT POSITION IN INDUSTRY, A NON-PROFIT OR ACADEMIA AFTER FINISHING YOUR PH.D. AND TRAINING

 

 

  GENDER

 

COMPLETED PH.D.

 

 

 

RACE

 

 

 

CURRENT POSITION

 

 

 

OVERSEE

 

TIER

 

PURSUE PHD AGAIN  

 

 

 

M

F

PRE

1970'S

1980'S

1990'S

WHT

ASIAN

OTH

TRAINEES

PI

OTH

INDUSTRY

MD NOT

TRAINEES

TOP

SECOND

THIRD

Y

N

 

 

 

 

 

1970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W/LITTLE

ACADEM

 

PHD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEACHING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Respondents

 

1917

1288

628

408

753

634

76

1684

119

77

 

1069

421

119

106

1466

635

497

584

1320

432

 

R

100%

67%

33%

21%

39%

33%

4%

88%

6%

4%

 

56%

22%

6%

6%

76%

33%

26%

30%

69%

23%

 

C

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRE 1960'S

 

48

40

8

47

 

 

 

47

 

 

 

20

10

1

4

27

24

8

8

34

9

 

R

100%

83%

17%

98%

 

 

 

98%

 

 

 

42%

21%

2%

8%

56%

50%

17%

17%

71%

19%

 

C

3%

3%

1%

12%

 

 

 

3%

 

 

 

2%

2%

1%

4%

2%

4%

2%

1%

3%

2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1960'S

 

212

182

30

207

 

 

 

193

8

6

 

106

53

 

29

169

86

56

50

155

36

 

R

100%

86%

14%

98%

 

 

 

91%

4%

3%

 

50%

25%

 

14%

80%

41%

26%

24%

73%

17%

 

C

11%

14%

5%

51%

 

 

 

11%

7%

8%

 

10%

13%

 

27%

12%

14%

11%

9%

12%

8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1970'S

 

532

398

133

126

400

2

 

462

38

24

 

302

148

14

25

436

193

131

147

383

107

 

R

100%

75%

25%

24%

75%

0%

 

87%

7%

5%

 

57%

28%

3%

5%

82%

36%

25%

28%

72%

20%

 

C

28%

31%

21%

31%

53%

0%

 

27%

32%

31%

 

28%

35%

12%

24%

30%

30%

26%

25%

29%

25%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1980'S

 

733

469

264

9

322

396

 

643

42

32

 

460

126

57

21

579

226

223

228

507

169

 

R

100%

64%

36%

1%

44%

54%

 

88%

6%

4%

 

63%

17%

8%

3%

79%

31%

30%

31%

69%

23%

 

C

38%

36%

42%

2%

43%

62%

 

38%

35%

42%

 

43%

30%

48%

20%

39%

36%

45%

39%

38%

39%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1990'S/PRESENT

 

296

135

161

2

12

212

67

264

18

10

 

158

67

42

2

187

82

66

125

195

83

 

R

100%

46%

54%

1%

4%

72%

23%

89%

6%

3%

 

53%

23%

14%

1%

63%

28%

22%

42%

66%

28%

 

C

15%

10%

26%

0%

2%

33%

88%

16%

15%

13%

 

15%

16%

35%

2%

13%

13%

13%

21%

15%

19%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N/A

 

9

4

5

 

1

3

3

7

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

3

1

3

5

2

 

R

100%

44%

56%

 

11%

33%

33%

78%

22%

 

 

 

 

 

 

44%

33%

11%

33%

56%

22%

 

C

0%

0%

1%

 

0%

0%

4%

0%

2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

0%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REFUSED

 

87

60

27

17

18

21

6

68

11

5

 

23

17

5

25

64

21

12

23

41

26

 

R

100%

69%

31%

20%

21%

24%

7%

78%

13%

6%

 

26%

20%

6%

29%

74%

24%

14%

26%

47%

30%

 

C

5%

5%

4%

4%

2%

3%

8%

4%

9%

6%

 

2%

4%

4%

24%

4%

3%

2%

4%

3%

6%

Base: THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY NEITHER GRAD STUDENTS NOR POST DOCS

COMPLETED FIRST, FULL-TIME, INDEPENDENT POSITION IN INDUSTRY, A NON-PROFIT OR ACADEMIA AFTER FINISHING YOUR PH.D. AND TRAINING

 

 

  GENDER

 

COMPLETED PH.D.

 

 

 

RACE

 

 

 

CURRENT POSITION

 

 

 

OVERSEE

 

TIER

 

PURSUE PHD AGAIN  

 

 

 

M

F

PRE

1970'S

1980'S

1990'S

WHT

ASIAN

OTH

TRAINEES

PI

OTH

INDUSTRY

MD NOT

TRAINEES

TOP

SECOND

THIRD

Y

N

 

 

 

 

 

1970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W/LITTLE

ACADEM

 

PHD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEACHING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Respondents

 

1917

1288

628

408

753

634

76

1684

119

77

 

1069

421

119

106

1466

635

497

584

1320

432

 

R

100%

67%

33%

21%

39%

33%

4%

88%

6%

4%

 

56%

22%

6%

6%

76%

33%

26%

30%

69%

23%

 

C

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRE 1960'S

 

5

4

1

5

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

1

 

3

1

3

1

 

R

100%

80%

20%

100%

 

 

 

100%

 

 

 

 

40%

 

 

20%

 

60%

20%

60%

20%

 

C

0%

0%

0%

1%

 

 

 

0%

 

 

 

 

0%

 

 

 

 

1%

0%

0%

0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1960'S

 

36

31

5

36

 

 

 

34

1

1

 

16

9

1

5

30

16

7

8

25

8

 

R

100%

86%

14%

100%

 

 

 

94%

3%

3%

 

44%

25%

3%

14%

83%

44%

19%

22%

69%

22%

 

C

2%

2%

1%

9%

 

 

 

2%

1%

1%

 

1%

2%

1%

5%

2%

3%

1%

1%

2%

2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1970'S

 

88

72

16

46

40

 

 

82

5

1

 

47

17

5

9

65

27

24

26

58

21

 

R

100%

82%

18%

52%

45%

 

 

93%

6%

1%

 

53%

19%

6%

10%

74%

31%

27%

30%

66%

24%

 

C

5%

6%

3%

11%

5%

 

 

5%

4%

1%

 

4%

4%

4%

8%

4%

4%

5%

4%

4%

5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1980'S

 

196

134

62

22

134

39

 

161

14

16

 

114

28

12

5

143

66

51

61

141

42

 

R

100%

68%

32%

11%

68%

20%

 

82%

7%

8%

 

58%

14%

6%

3%

73%

34%

26%

31%

72%

21%

 

C

10%

10%

10%

5%

18%

6%

 

10%

12%

21%

 

11%

7%

10%

5%

10%

10%

10%

10%

11%

10%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1990'S

 

169

107

62

15

50

98

5

154

9

6

 

62

27

23

3

93

55

47

52

114

45

 

R

100%

63%

37%

9%

30%

58%

3%

91%

5%

4%

 

37%

16%

14%

2%

55%

33%

28%

31%

67%

27%

 

C

9%

8%

10%

4%

7%

15%

7%

9%

8%

8%

 

6%

6%

19%

3%

6%

9%

9%

9%

9%

10%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESENT

 

1215

795

420

230

461

453

61

1077

74

41

 

748

309

65

48

976

411

318

387

853

265

 

R

100%

65%

35%

19%

38%

37%

5%

89%

6%

3%

 

62%

25%

5%

4%

80%

34%

26%

32%

70%

22%

 

C

63%

62%

67%

56%

61%

71%

80%

64%

62%

53%

 

70%

73%

55%

45%

67%

65%

64%

66%

65%

61%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N/A

 

9

4

5

 

1

3

3

7

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

3

1

3

5

2

 

R

100%

44%

56%

 

11%

33%

33%

78%

22%

 

 

 

 

 

 

44%

33%

11%

33%

56%

22%

 

C

0%

0%

1%

 

0%

0%

4%

0%

2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

0%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REFUSED

 

199

141

57

54

67

41

7

164

14

12

 

82

29

13

36

154

57

46

46

121

48

 

R

100%

71%

29%

27%

34%

21%

4%

82%

7%

6%

 

41%

15%

7%

18%

77%

29%

23%

23%

61%

24%

 

C

10%

11%

9%

13%

9%

6%

9%

10%

12%

16%

 

8%

7%

11%

34%

11%

9%

9%

8%

9%

11%