Career Plans of Master’s and Doctoral Recipients from: Annenberg School for Communication School of Arts and Sciences Engineering and Applied Science Doctoral Programs Perelman School of Medicine Wharton Doctoral Programs University of Pennsylvania Graduation dates: August 2014, December 2014, and May 2015 Career Services surveyed 577 Master’s and doctoral recipients from the schools listed above between September 2014 and January 2016. For August 2014, December 2014 and May 2015 graduates, 324 responses were received—a 56% response rate. Employment Status - All Respondents Employed Part Military Service Seeking Graduate Time Not Seeking 1% School 4% 1% <1% Seeking Other Employment <1% 5% Employed Full Time Graduate School Graduate Seeking Employment School 12% Employed Part Time Not Seeking Employed Full Time 77% Military Service Seeking Graduate School Other Date of Job Offer Acceptance 246 of the 249 Master’s and PhDs who secured full-time employment (including full-time postdoctoral research/fellowship positions) included the date they accepted their job offer when they completed the survey. 80% 72% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 15% 10% 5% 5% 3% 0% Continuing previous Received offer before Received offer within Received offer 3-4 Received offer 5 or employment graduation 1-2 months of months after more months after graduation graduation graduation Top Industries of Full-time Employed Respondents (N=249) 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Education, Higher (College/University) Healthcare, Hospital/Health System Consulting Biomedical Products/Pharmaceuticals/Medical Devices Technology, Computing/Information Systems All Other (industries with less than 10 employed) PhDs 444 individuals received their PhD between August 2014 and May 2015. Career Services received 257 responses from these students– a 58% response rate. PhD response rates by school are listed below: Annenberg School for Communication: 38% School of Arts and Sciences: 55% Engineering and Applied Science Doctoral Programs: 63% Perelman School of Medicine: 61% Wharton Doctoral Programs: 56% <1% Employment Status - PhDs 4% 5% Employed Full Time 5% Graduate School Employed Part Time Seeking Employment 86% Not Seeking Employment Status- Employment Status- STEM PhDs Humanities & Social (169 reporting) Sciences PhDs 5% (86 reporting) 1% Employed Full 1% 3% Time 1% Employed Full Graduate 8% Time School 13% Employed Part Seeking Time Employment Seeking Employed Part Employment Time 81% Graduate 87% Not Seeking School Full-time Employed PhDs by Employment Type 2% All Other Entrepreneur 30% Faculty Non-Tenure 45% Faculty Tenure 8% 1% Fellowship 14% Temp/Contract Date of Job Offer Acceptance Full-time Employed PhDs 80% 75% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 14% 6% 10% 2% 3% 0% Continuing previous Received offer before Received offer within Received offer 3-4 Received offer 5 or employment graduation 1-2 months of months after more months after graduation graduation graduation Top Industries of Full-time Employed PhD Respondents (N=220) 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Education, Higher (College/University) Healthcare, Hospital/Health System Biomedical Products/Pharmaceuticals/Medical Devices Technology, Computing/Information Systems All Other (industries with less than 10 employed) Positions Accepted – by school and academic program Both full-time and part-time positions accepted by 2015 graduates are listed by program and include employer, department (when provided), position title and location. The average salary by program is posted if 3 or more full-time employed graduates, including those who reported postdoctoral fellowships, indicated their annual salary in their responses. *Dual-degree recipients **Indicated “Continuing previous employment” Annenberg School for Communication Communication, PhD Cabrini College, Communication, Assistant Professor, Radnor, PA Immaculata University, English/Communication, Assistant Professor, Exton, PA University of New Hampshire, Department of Communication, Assistant Professor, Durham, NH Average Salary: $56,500 Salary Range: $45,000-$64,000 Arts and Science, Graduate Division Anthropology, PhD Civilian Complaint Review Board, Investigations, Investigator I, New York, NY Koc University, Sociology, Assistant Professor, Istanbul, Turkey Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Evolution, Postdoctoral Researcher, Leipzig, Germany Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Archaeology, Archaeological Analyst, Charlottesville, VA University of Pennsylvania, Lecturer; Consultant, Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, Anthropology, Lecturer B, Philadelphia, PA Average Salary: $46,060 Salary Range: $30,000-$90,000 Arabic & Islamic Studies, PhD Bryn Mawr College, History, Interim Professor of History, Bryn Mawr, PA Art and Archeology of the Mediterranean World, PhD Brown University, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Visiting Assistant Professor, Providence, RI Biology, PhD NYC DOE, Teaching Fellow, New York, NY Chemistry, MS The Broad Institute, Research Associate, Cambridge, MA Chemistry, PhD Argonne National Laboratory, Nanoscience and Technology, Director's Post-Doctoral Fellow, Lemont, IL California Institute of Technology, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Postdoc Research, Pasadena, CA Carnegie Institution for Science, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Fellow, Washington, DC Deloitte, Technology Consulting, Consultant, Philadelphia, PA Dow Chemical, Coating Materials, Senior Chemist, Collegeville, PA DuPont, Chemical Science & Engineering, Research Investigator, Wilmington, DE Facebook Inc., General Hire, Software Engineer, Menlo Park, CA Incyte Corporation, Discovery Chemistry, Research Investigator, Wilmington, DE Rutgers University, Physics, Instructor, Camden, NJ Schrödinger, Ligand Based Drug Design, Senior Developer, New York, NY UC Berkeley, The College of Chemistry, Postdoctoral Researcher, Berkeley, CA University of Chicago, Chemistry, Postdoc, Chicago, IL University of Pennsylvania, Chemistry, Postdoctoral Fellow/Instructor, Philadelphia, PA University of Washington, Chemical Engineer, Research Associate, Seattle, WA Average Salary: $75,573 Salary Range: $37,020-$110,000 Classical Studies, MA University of Pennsylvania Health System, Application Support, Junior Web Developer/PHP/Ruby on Rails Developer, Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, Penn Global, Administrative Coordinator, Philadelphia, PA Classical Studies, PhD Radboud University, Classics, Postdoctoral Researcher, Nijmegen, Netherlands Washington University in St. Louis, Classics, Lecturer, St. Louis, MO Comparative Literature & Literary Theory, PhD University of Cape Town, English, Lecturer, Cape Town, South Africa Criminology, MS Defender Association of Philadelphia, Homicide/Special Defense, Mitigation Investigator, Philadelphia, PA** Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Psychiatry, Clinical Research Coordinator, New York, NY* Manhattan District Attorney, Investigations, Investigative Analyst, New York, NY Measures for Justice, Research, Research Assistant, Chicago, IL Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore Police Force, Senior Police Officer, Singapore, Singapore New York City Department of Investigation, Office of the Inspector General for NYPD, Policy Analyst, New York, NY SRA, Analyst, Alexandria, VA Average Salary: $42,714 Salary Range: $35,000-$60,000 Criminology, PhD McClanahan Associates, Inc., CEO/President, Lansdale, PA Demography, PhD Boston University School of Public Health, Global Health, Assistant Professor, Boston, MA* Centro de Estudios y Encuestas Longitudinales UC, Consultant, Santiago, Chile University of Geneva, Institute for Demographics and Life Course Studies, Postdoctoral Researcher, Geneva, Switzerland Western Oregon University, Division of Health and Exercise Science, Assistant Professor, Monmouth, OR* Average Salary: $63,750 Salary Range: $40,000-$97,000 East Asian Languages and Civilizations, MA Areteem Institute, Department of International Students, Student Service Specialist, Irvine, CA SmartStudy, Smartivy, Senior Consultor & Vice President Assistant, Beijing, China Tencent, Interactive Entertainment Group, Manager, Shenzhen, China Average Salary: $30,000 Salary Range: $30,000-$30,000 East Asian Languages and Civilizations, PhD Georgetown University, Art and Art History, Sawyer Seminar Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington, DC University of Pennsylvania, Rowan University, Rutgers University-- Camden, Lecturer and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Philadelphia, PA, Glassboro and Camden, NJ University of Iowa, Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures, Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Iowa City, IA Yale University, Council on East Asian Studies, Postdoctoral Associate, New Haven, CT Average Salary: $48,667 Salary Range: $46,000-$50,000 Economics, MA Mexican Ministry of Finance, Undersecretary of Revenues, Director for Implementation of Fiscal Terms of Oil Contracts, Mexico City, Mexico Economics, PhD Banca d'Italia, Financial Stability, Fellow, Rome, Italy Beijing University, Economics, Assistant Professor, Beijing, China Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Assistant Professor in Marketing, Pittsburgh, PA Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Economics, Assistant Professor, Rome, Italy Federal Reserve Board, International Finance, Economist, Washington, DC Universidad de los Andes, Economics, Assistant Professor, Bogota, Colombia University of Notre Dame, Department of Economics, Assistant Professor, Notre Dame, IN Average Salary: $111,486 Salary Range: