2010 Survey Results - capd.mit.edu · worked on this report. Any questions about the survey and results can be directed to Deborah Liverman, [email protected] . ABOUT THE EARNED DOCTORATE

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CAREER INFORMATION FROM THE

DOCTORAL EXIT SURVEY

2010 Survey Results

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Doctoral Exit Survey Career Information Report

Table of Contents

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Welcome 3

Plans After Graduation 4

Top Employers for PhDs 5

Top Industries for PhDs 5-6

Employers by Department 7-8

Information about Postdocs 9

Information about Location after Graduation 10

How Graduates Found Jobs 11

Job Search Process 12

Average Salary and Bonus 13

Average Salary by Course 14

Average Salary by Industry 15-17

Questions about Additional Experiences (Internship, Leadership 17

and Public Service Experience)

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Welcome to the CAREER INFORMATION FROM THE 2010 DOCTORAL EXIT SURVEY. We have

taken career related information from the Doctoral Exit Survey and published this in a brief report for the

MIT community and partners. In 2009, we began using the Doctoral Exit Survey to collect destination

information for all PhDs. Employer and salary information about PhDs, prior to 2009, can be found in the

Graduating Student Survey, http://gecd.mit.edu/resources/data . A special thanks to Rieko Ouchi who

worked on this report. Any questions about the survey and results can be directed to Deborah Liverman,

[email protected]

ABOUT THE EARNED DOCTORATE SURVEY

The Doctoratal Exit Survey is administered by Institutional Research, Office of the Provost at MIT.

The full Doctoratal Exit Survey report for 2010 can be viewed at

http://web.mit.edu/ir/surveys/DocExit_2010_Overall.pdf All information about the Doctoral Exit Survey,

including purpose, method, and format can be directed to Institutional Research, http://mit.edu/ir/

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2010 MIT POST GRADUATION STATISTICS*

*Based upon 490 (84 %) responses to the 2010 Doctoral Exit Survey

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORATE GRADUATES GO ON

TO WORK, GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL, OR OTHER?*

Work Graduate/Professional

School

Still Searching for

Employment Other

80% 1.5% 13.9% 4.6%

*Other includes taking time off, traveling, and not planning to work or study.

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WHICH EMPLOYERS HIRED THE MOST MIT PhD GRADUATES?

PhD Level Employers # Hires

MIT 44

Harvard University 16

Stanford University 9

Mass General Hospital 7

Princeton University 6

UC Berkeley 6

Boston Consulting Group 4

Google 4

Harvard Medical 4

Northwestern 4

Duke University 3

Dow Chemical 3

McKinsey 3

MIT Lincoln Lab 3

New York University 3

US Navy 3

Argonne 3

WHAT WERE THE TOP INDUSTRIES FOR MIT PhD GRADUATES?

INDUSTRY %

Educational Services 38%

Scientific and Technical Services 18%

Other 17%

Health Care Services 5%

Software and Data Services 5%

Manufacturing, Durable 4%

Business and Professional Services 3%

Manufacturing, Non-Durable 3%

Finance and Insurance 3%

Construction 1%

Communications 1%

Social Services 1%

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2010 PHD Employers by Department

* Results are based on student report and not representative of all employers who hire MIT students by department.

Course (Course Number) Employers

Civil & Environmental Engineering (1) American University of Beirut, Harvard University, LJO Engineering LLC,

MIT, National Research Council, Northwestern University, Oak Ridge

National Laboratory, US Department of State

Mechanical Engineering (2) Brown University, C.S. Draper Laboratory, CNRS, D.E. Shaw & Co., Ecole

Polytechnique, Exxon Mobil, Imperial Oil, Intel, Letrina S.A., Massachusetts

General Hospital, Max Planck Institute, McKinsey & Co., Merck, MERL, MIT,

Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, National University of Ireland at Galway,

Saudi Aramco, Technical University of Munich, TNO, University of

Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania, US Navy, Yale University

Materials Science and Engineering (3) Carnegie Mellon University, Dow Chemical, e ink, Entra Pharmaceuticals,

Exponent, Goldman Sachs, Harvard University, Karlsruhe Institute of

Technology, McKinsey & Co., MIT, NREL, Sandia National Laboratories,

University of California at Santa Barbara

Architecture (4) University of California at Berkeley, University of Massachusetts at

Dartmouth

Chemistry (5) Columbia University, i2chem, Max Planck Institute, Stanford University,

Technical University of Munich, University of California at Berkley,

University of California at San Diego, University of Illinois, University of

Southern California, University of Utah, University of Washington at

Seattle

Electrical Engineering and Computer

Science [EECS] (6)

4 Power, A9.com, ABB, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Boston College, Boston

Consulting Group, Boston Teacher Residency, Carnegie Mellon University,

Convergence Medical Devices, Cornell University, D.E. Shaw & Co., Disney,

Disney Research, Duke University, Goldman Sachs, Google, Harvard

Medical School, Harvard University, IBM, Intel, International Computer

Science Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Massachusetts General

Hospital, MathWorks, Maxim Integrated Product, Merck, MIT, MIT Lincoln

Laboratory, MITRE Corporation, Mount Holyoke College, Movik Networks,

Nicira Networks, Northeastern University, Princeton University, Qualcomm

Inc., Swipely Inc., Texas Instruments, Tufts University, University of

California at Berkeley, University of Porto, University of the Pacific,

University of Washington, University of Wisconsin-Madison, VMWare,

Washington University, Willow Garage

Biology (7) Broad Institute, Campbell Alliance, Columbia University, Dana-Farber

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Course (Course Number) Employers

Cancer Institute/Spiegel man Lab, Duke University, Ginkgo Bioworks,

Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, King Abdullah University of

Science and Technology, L.E.K. Consulting, LSU Health Science Center

(Shreveport LA), Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT, Morrison &

Foerster, Rockefeller University, Salk Institute, Stanford University,

University of California at Berkeley, University of California at San

Francisco, University of Georgia, University of Wyoming, University of

Zurich

Physics (8) Argonne National Laboratory, CESR (France), Cloudant, EPFL, Harvard

University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Microsoft, MIT, Morgan

Stanley, Northwestern University, Princeton University, Stanford University,

University of California at San Diego, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) Duke University, Harvard University, MIT, Novartis, Stanford University

Chemical Engineering (10) A.T. Kearney, Argonne National Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical

Center, Booz & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Clearview Healthcare

Partners, Dow Chemical Company, Eli Lilly, Genzyme, Illinois Institute of

Technology, McKinsey & Co., MIT, NASA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,

Stanford University, University of Illinois

Urban Studies and Planning (11) Emerald Cities Partnership, MSU, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais,

University of British Columbia

Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary

Sciences [EAPS] (12)

Carnegie Institution of Washington, CSIRO, First Wind Energy LLC, Harvard

University, MIT, Stanford University, University of Bergen, University of

Chile

Economics (14) Carlos III, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Harvard University, Kamakura

Corporation, New York University, Northwestern University, Stanford

University

Management (15) Dartmouth College, University of Southern California, Washington

University in St. Louis

Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MITRE Corporation, NASA, Singapore armed

forces, US Government

Political Science (17) Harvard University, Koc University, University of Oxford, US Department of

Defense

Mathematics (18) Brown University, ExxonMobil, Harvard Medical School, Northwestern

University, Oracle, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Stanford

University, Tsinghua University, University of Chicago, University of

Copenhagen, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University

of Missouri

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Course (Course Number) Employers

Biological Engineering (20) Eleven Biotherapeutics, MIT, Rush University Medical Center

Nuclear Engineering (22) Applied Predictive Technologies, Argonne National Laboratory, Mars and

Co., MIT, Total, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Westinghouse

Linguistics and Philosophy (24) Bates College, New York University, Nanzan University

Computational and Systems Biology

[CSB]

Massachusetts General Hospital, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Engineering Systems Division [ESD]

(including Operational Research)

Air Force Institute of Technology, Boston Consulting Group, FCT-IST

Portugal and MIT, MIT

Health Sciences and Technology [HST] Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Clearview Healthcare Partners,

Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, KAIST, Massachusetts General

Hospital, Smartcells, Teva North America

Media Arts and Sciences (Media Lab)

[MAS]

Science, Technology, and Society [STS] Ministry of Justice

DO YOU INTEND TO TAKE A POSTDOC POSITION (All PhDs)?

Yes 55.5%

No 44.5%

DO YOU INTEND TO TAKE A POST DOC POSTION? (%)

Number of respondents are in columns titled #

Course (Course Number) Yes No N#*

Civil & Environmental Engineering (1) 47.1% 52.9% 17

Mechanical Engineering (2) 42.6% 57.4% 47

Materials Science and Engineering (3) 53.3% 46.7% 30

Architecture (4) 33.3% 66.7% 3

Chemistry (5) 66.7% 33.3% 24

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

[EECS] (6) 40.6% 59.4% 101

Biology (7) 80.6% 19.4% 36

Physics (8) 65.2% 34.8% 23

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Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) 90.9% 9.1% 11

Chemical Engineering (10) 32.1% 67.9% 28

Urban Studies and Planning (11) 25.0% 75.0% 8

Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

[EAPS] (12) 86.7% 13.3% 15

Economics (14) 10.0% 90.0% 10

Management (15) 7.1% 92.9% 14

Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) 9.1% 90.9% 11

Political Science (17) 100% 0% 3

Mathematics (18) 81.0% 19.0% 21

Biological Engineering (20) 60.0% 40.0% 10

Nuclear Engineering (22) 41.7% 58.3% 12

Linguistics and Philosophy (24) 20% 80% 5

Computational and Systems Biology [CSB] 66.7% 33.3% 3

Engineering Systems Design (ESD)

(including Operations Research) 30.0% 70.0% 10

Health Sciences and Technology (HST) 68.4% 31.6% 19

Media Arts & Science (MAS) 0% 100% 4

Science, Technology, and Society [STS] 0% 100% 1

FOR THOSE STAYING IN THE UNITED STATES, WHAT STATE

DO YOU INTEND TO LIVE AFTER GRADUATION? N=397

Massachusetts 49%

California 16%

New York 6%

Illinois 3%

New Jersey 3%

Texas 3%

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FOR THOSE LEAVING THE UNITED STATES, IN WHAT

COUNTRY DO YOU INTEND TO LIVE AFTER GRADUATION? N=74

France 10%

Germany 10%

Canada 8%

United Kingdom 8%

South Korea 7%

Switzerland 5%

Spain 4%

Japan 4%

Singapore 4%

China 3%

Hong Kong SAR 3%

Saudi Arabia 3%

HOW DID MIT PhD GRADUATES FIND THEIR JOBS?

(Students could check all that applied so the number will be more than 100%)

Directly applied to employer 41%

Networking 35%

Through Department 31%

Personal contacts 19%

On-campus recruiting (CareerBridge, Interviewtrak) 15%

Externally Advertised job listing 15%

Professional Conference 12%

Career Fair 11%

Previously employed by employer 9%

Other 6%

Internship led to job offer 5%

Contacts acquired through MIT Career Services 3%

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WHAT IS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF JOB APPLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS/JOB OFFERS?

Degree Level Job Applications Job Interviews Job Offers

Doctorate 10 4 2

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WORKING GRADUATES NEGOTIATED THEIR SALARY AND BONUS?

Degree Level Negotiated Salary Negotiated Bonus

Doctorate 14.6% 10.7%

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WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE SALARY AND SALARY RANGE OF WORKING MIT GRADUATES?

Doctor of Philosophy going into postdoctoral positions $51,015/ $20,000 -$114,000

Doctor of Philosophy going on to other positions $97,112/ $11,000 - $192,000

WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE BONUS (for those receiving bonuses) AND

RANGE OF BONUSES OF WORKING MIT GRADUATES?

Doctor of Philosophy going into postdoctoral positions $6,400/ $500 -$15,300

Doctor of Philosophy going on to other positions $17,897/ $2,000 - $125,000

WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE NEGOTIATED INCREASE IN SALARY

AND BONUS OF WORKING MIT GRADUATES?

Degree Level Increase in Salary Increase in Bonus

Doctorate $4,802 $11,259

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2010 Average Salary by Course (US Dollars)

(Number of respondents are in columns titled # after each salary amount. Blank represents 1 or no responses per cell.)

Course (Course Number) Salary N# Bonus N#

Civil & Environmental Engineering (1) 56,057 7 5,000 1

Mechanical Engineering (2) 69,736 20 22,900 10

Materials Science and Engineering (3) 70,000 6 10,500 4

Architecture (4)

Chemistry (5) 47,375 8

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

[EECS] (6) 77,883 48

19,140 20

Biology (7) 52,193 15 14,100 5

Physics (8) 63,000 11 24,000 3

Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) 45,600 3 8,000 1

Chemical Engineering (10) 82,183 11 18,111 9

Urban Studies and Planning (11) 54,000 3 20,500 2

EAPS (12) 53,857 7 8,667 3

Economics (14) 117,778 9 15,000 6

Management (15) 178,667 3 9,167 3

Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) 100,720 5 4,500 2

Political Science (17) 44,167 3 15,000 1

Mathematics (18) 67,900 10 8,417 6

Biological Engineering (20) 50,450 4

Nuclear Engineering (22) 69,500 4 15,000 3

Linguistics and Philosophy (24) 53,000 2 8,250 2

Computational and Systems Biology [CSB] 37,000 1

Engineering Systems Design (ESD)

(including Operations Research) 91,237 7 6,667 3

Health Sciences and Technology (HST) 65,778 9 2,313 8

Media Arts & Science (Media Lab) (MAS)

Science, Technology, and Society [STS] 100,000

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2010 Industry & Employer Data

Industry

# of

Students Employers

Average

Salary

Salary

Range

Construction 1 LJO Engineering LLC - -

Computer

Software

11 A9.com, Cloudant, Google, MathWorks, Microsoft,

Movik Networks, Nicira Networks, Oracle, Qualcomm

Inc., Swipely Inc., VMWare

97,455 30,000 –

125,000

Consulting 8 A.T. Kearney, Applied Predictive Technologies, Boston

Consulting Group, Clearview Healthcare Partners, IBM,

L.E.K. Consulting, Mars and Co., McKinsey & Co.

115,813 87,500 –

135,000

Education 169 Air Force Institute of Technology, American University

of Beirut, Bates College, Boston College, Boston

Teacher Residency, Broad Institute, Brown University,

Carlos III, Carnegie Institution of Washington,

Carnegie Mellon University, Chinese University of

Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, Columbia

University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College,

Duke University, Ecole Polytechnique, Harvard

University, Illinois Institute of Technology, KAIST,

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, King Abdullah

University of Science and Technology, Koc University,

MIT, Mount Holyoke College, MSU, Nanzan University,

National University of Ireland, New York University,

Northeastern University, Northwestern University,

Princeton University, Rockfeller University, Rutgers

University, Salk Institute, Stanford University, Technical

University of Munich, Tsinghua University, Tufts

University, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona,

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, University of

Bergen, University of British Columbia, University of

California at Berkeley, University of California at San

Diego, University of California at San Francisco,

University of California at Santa Barbara, University of

Chicago, University of Chile, University of

Copenhagen, University of Georgia, University of

62,313 15,000-

192,000

16

Illinois, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth,

University of Michigan, University of Minnesota,

University of Missouri, University of Oxford, University

of Pennsylvania, University of Porto, University of

Southern California, University of the Pacific, University

of Utah, University of Washington, University of

Washington at Seattle, University of Waterloo,

University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of

Wyoming, University of Zurich, Washington University,

Washington University in St. Louis, Yale University

Energy and

Utilities

4 ExxonMobil, First Wind Energy LLC, Imperial Oil, Saudi

Aramco, Westinghouse 94,500

60,000 –

132,000

Financial Services

(Commercial

Banking,

Insurance)

5

D.E. Shaw & Co., Goldman Sachs, Kamakura

Corporation, Morgan Stanley 127,000

100,000 –

185,000

Health/Medicine 8 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Clearview

Healthcare Partners, Harvard Medical School, LSU

Health Science Center Shreverport L.A., Massachusetts

General Hospital, Rush University Medical Center

51,850 37,000 –

105,000

Manufacturing,

Durable

(machinery,

electronic

hardware, medical

instruments)

5

ABB, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, e ink, Intel, Maxim

Integrated Product, MERL, Mitsubishi Electric Research

Labs

100,600 80,000 –

120,000

Manufacturing,

Non-Durable

(food, chemicals,

plastics, textiles)

(including

Chemicals and

Materials)

2

Dow Chemical, Texas Instruments - -

Pharmaceuticals

(Biotech, Medical

Device)

5 Convergence Medical Devices, Eleven Biotherapeutics,

Eli Lilly, Entra Pharmaceuticals, Genzyme, Merck,

Novartis, Teva North America, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

97,404 85,000 -

110,000

17

Public

Administration/

Government

8 Ministry of Justice, NASA, National Research Council,

NREL, Singapore Armed Forces, US Department of

Defense, US Department of State, US Government, US

Navy

72,013 12,000 -

108,000

Scientific &

Technical Services

22 4 Power, Argonne National Laboratory, Broad

Institute, Campbell Alliance, CESR (France), CNRS, C.S.

Draper Laboratory, CSIRO, Dana-Farber Cancer

Instisute/Spiegel man Lab,, EPFL, Exponent, Ginkgo

Bioworks, i2chem, International Computer Science

Institute, LosAlamos National Laboratory, Lyric

Semiconductor, Max Planck Institute, MIT Lincoln

Laboratory, MITRE Corporation, Oak Ridge National

Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Smartcells,

TNO, Willow Garage

73,941 36,600 –

125,000

Non-profit

Organizations

1 Emerald Cities Partnership - -

Trade (Resale and

Wholesale)

1 Letrina S.A. - -

Other 3 Disney, Disney Research, Morrison & Foerster 74,667

72,000 –

80,000

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORATE GRADUATES COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP IN THEIR CURRENT PROGRAM?

YES NO DON’T KNOW

30.8% 69.2% 0%

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORATE GRADUATES HAD LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE?

YES NO DON’T KNOW

52.5% 41.1% 6.5%

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORATE GRADUATES HAD SERVICE EXPERIENCE?

YES NO DON’T KNOW

41.2% 53.2% 5.6%