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CAREER

INFORMATION FROM

THE DOCTORAL EXIT

SURVEY

June 2013 Survey Results

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Doctoral Exit Survey Career Information Report

Table of Contents

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Welcome 3

Plans After Graduation 4-5

How Graduates Found Jobs 5-6

Top Industries for PhDs 6-7

Top Employers for PhDs 7

Information about Location after Graduation 8

Questions about Additional Experiences (Internship, Leadership 8

and Public Service Experience)

Employers by Department 9-10

Information about Postdocs by Department 11

Average Salary and Bonus 11-12

Average Salary by Course 12

Average Salary by Industry 13-15

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Welcome to the CAREER INFORMATION FROM THE 2013 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 Kathleen Hynes who worked on this report. Any questions

about the survey and results can be directed to Deborah Liverman, liverman@mit.edu

ABOUT THE DOCTORAL EXIT SURVEY

The Earned Doctorate Survey is administered by Institutional Research, Office of the Provost at MIT. The full

Doctoral Exit Survey report for 2013 can be viewed

http://web.mit.edu/ir/surveys/pdf/Doc%20Exit%202013%20Overall.pdf All information about the Doctoral Exit Survey, including purpose, method, and format can be found on the Institutional Research Doctoral Exit Survey

Information webpage, http://web.mit.edu/ir/surveys/docexit.html

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2013 MIT POST GRADUATION STATISTICS*

*Based upon 75.8% response rate to the 2013 Doctoral Exit Survey

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

WHAT IS THE STATUS OF YOUR POSTGRADUTE PLANS?*

POSTGRADUATE PLANS %

Work 73.6%

Graduate/Professional School 0.7%

Negotiating with one or more specific organizations

6.2%

Still Searching for Employment 8.9%

Other 5.7%

Do not plan to work or study 0%

Returning to or continuing in predoctoral employment

4.8%

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

WHAT BEST DESCRIBES YOUR POSTGRADUATE PLANS?

PLANS %

Postdoc or further training

44.4 %

Employment 51.9%

Other 3.7%

77%

9%

7%

6%

1%

2013 Postgraduate Plans of PhDs

Work

Still Searching forEmployment

Negotiating with One of MoreOrganizations

Other

Graduate/Professional School

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How 2013 PhDs Found their Jobs?

Networking 45.2%

Directly applied to employer 39.5%

Through Department (faculty, academic administrator) 21.7%

On-campus recruiting (CareerBridge) 17.4%

External advertised job listing (on-line, print) 16.4%

Career Fair 10.7%

Other 10.7%

Professional Conference 12.8%

MIT Sponsored Job Listings, Employer Database, INET 3.2%

Contacts acquired through MIT Career Services 2.1%

44%

52%

4%

2013 Postgraduate Plans for those Working

Postdoc or further training

Employment

Other

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2013 Industries for PhDs

Education 23.2%

Engineering 14.7%

Health/Medicine 10.4%

Other 10.0%

Computer Software 6.6%

Consulting 6.2%

Chemicals & Materials 5.4%

Energy and Utilities 4.6%

Computer Hardware 4.2%

Pharmaceuticals 3.1%

Government 2.7%

Aerospace & Defense 2.7%

Financial Services/Investment Banking 2.1%

Military 1.5%

Industrial and Consumer Manufacturing 1.2%

Business Services (Advertising, Real Estate, Retail) 0.8%

Automotive & Transportation 0.4%

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WHICH EMPLOYERS HIRED THE MOST MIT GRADUATES?

PhD Level Employers # Hires

MIT 26

Harvard 11

McKinsey 7

Stanford University 7

California Institute of Technology 4

Duke University 4

Harvard Medical 4

Intel 4

Princeton University 4

University of California, Berkeley 4

Carnegie Mellon University 3

Facebook 3

Google 3

Intel 3

Massachusetts General Hospital 3

MIT Lincoln Lab 3

Northwestern 3

Sandia Labs 3

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FOR THOSE WHO INTEND TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES, IN WHAT STATE DO YOU INTEND TO LIVE AFTER GRADUATION? N=380

Massachusetts 44.2%

California 17.4%

New York 4.5%

Illinois 3.4%

Washington 2.9%

Texas 2.6%

New Jersey 2.1%

Pennsylvania 1.8%

District of Columbia 1.6%

Maryland 1.6%

New Mexico 1.6%

FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT PLAN TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES, WHAT COUNTRY DO YOU INTEND TO LIVE AFTER GRADUATION? N=51

Country % Country %

Singapore 15.7% Croatia 2.0%

France 13.7% Iceland 2.0%

Germany 9.8% India 2.0%

United Kingdom 9.8% Japan 2.0%

Canada 5.9% Jordan 2.0%

Korea 5.9% Netherlands 2.0%

Switzerland 5.9% New Zealand 2.0%

Australia 3.9% Portugal 2.0%

South Korea 3.9% Spain 2.0%

Chile 2.0% Sweden 2.0%

Israel 2.0%

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORATE STUDENTS COMPLETED

AN INTERNSHIP WHILE IN THEIR CURRENT PROGRAM?

YES NO DON’T KNOW

28.7% 71.3% 0%

WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES WITH LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE?

YES NO DON’T KNOW

48.8% 46.8% 4.4%

WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES WITH SERVICE EXPERIENCE?

YES NO DON’T KNOW

34.5% 60.9% 4.6%

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2013 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) California Institute of Technology, Duke University, The Glosten Associates, McKinsey, MIT

Mechanical Engineering (2) Adlucent LLC, California Institute of Technology, Cynthia Moss, DSO National Laboratories, Energid, Exxonmobil, , GE Healthcare, Gestamp, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, HGST, Inc., Intel, Mars & Co, McKinsey, Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT (Plasma Science and Fusion Center), MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LuxVue Technologies, Nike, Opko, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Sandia National Labs, Schlumberger, Sogang University, United Technologies Research Center, University of Auckland, University of California Berkeley, United States Navy

Materials Science and Engineering (3) 3M, Agency for Science Technology and Research, Apple, Army Research Lab, Intel, MIT, National Tsing-Hua University, Neograft, Inc., Northwestern University, Saint-Gobain, Yale University

Architecture (4) Heschong Mahone Group, Northeastern University, University of Zagreb

Chemistry (5) Athenahealth, 3M, Arsia Therapeutics, College de France, Eastman Chemical Company, Fraunhofer, Harvard University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, McKinsey & Company, Medical Research Council (Laboratory of Molecular Biology), MIT, Sandia National Laboratories, University of California Berkeley

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (6)

Carnegie Melon University, Duke University, Eta Devices, Facebook, Google, Headlands Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley International Lab, Maxim Integrated, Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT (CSAIL), MIT Lincoln Laboratories, Princeton University, Oracle, PDT Partners, Quanttus Inc., Rethink Robotics, Sandia National Labs, Taktia, LLC, Texas Instruments, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, University of California, Berkeley , Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Biology (7) Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Columbia University Medical School, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Harvard University, MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Princeton University, Smithsonian Institution, Stanford University, University of California San Francisco, University of Chicago, University of Southern California

Physics (8) California Institute of Technology, Citadel Investment Group, Data Storage Institute, Goldman Sachs, ITER Organization, Johns Hopkins University (Applied Physics Lab), Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, MIT, Northwestern University, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, RAND Corporation, Stanford University, University of Chicago

Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) BitSight Technology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Chemical Engineering (10) Agamatrix, Boston Consulting Group, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Carnegie Mellon University, Dow Chemical Company, Eli Lilly and Company, Flagship Ventures, Harvard Medical School, MIT, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Vecna, Schlumberger, University of California Santa Barbara, Thermo Fisher Scientific, WaterFX, Inc.

Urban Studies and Planning (11) Federal Reserve, Modo Labs Inc., University of Michigan

Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (12)

Air Worldwide, Alfred-Wegener Institute, Center for Naval Analyses, Columbia University, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Harvard University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, MIT, Princeton University, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Stanford University, University of Washington

Economics (14) Deloitte, Duke University, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Harvard University (Harvard Business School), Reserve Bank of Australia, Stanford University

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Course (Course Number) Employers

Management (15)

Carnegie Mellon University, MIT, PA Consulting, Singapore University of Technology and Design, University of Minnesota, University Of Oxford

Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) Air Force Research Laboratory, Boeing, Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Draper, Google, MathWorks, McKinsey & Company, MIT, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Political Science (17)

Mathematics (18) BBN technology, ETH-Zurich, Harvard University, Jane Street Capital, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Munster Universitat, National Science Foundation, Oracle, Paris-Sud University, Stanford University, University of California Berkeley, University of Tokyo, University of Virginia, Vecna

Biological Engineering (20) Adherean, Cytosolve Inc., Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, The Jackson Laboratory, McKinsey, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, National Institutes of Health, Simon-Kucher and Partners

Nuclear Engineering (22) Argonne National Laboratory, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, MIT, New York University, University of Michigan, University of Waterloo, Transatomic Power

Linguistics and Philosophy (24) French National Centre for Scientific Research, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge

Computational and Systems Biology [CSB]

Engineering Systems Division [ESD] (including Operational Research)

Amazon, Dynamic Ideas, Duke University, EMpower Devices, Facebook, George Washington University, Google, Harvard Medical School, McKinsey and Company, National Renewable Energy Lab, Northwestern University, Stanford University, University of Washington, Veterans Health Administration

Health Sciences and Technology [HST]

Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MIT, RedMed Health Systems, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

Media Arts and Sciences [MAS] Floodgate Fund, Harvard University, Miso Media, MIT (Media Lab), Samsung, Stanford University

Science, Technology, and Society [STS]

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WHAT BEST DESCRIBES YOUR POSTGRADUATE PLANS?

Numbers of respondents are in columns titled #

Course (Course Number) PostDoc Or Further Training

Employment Other #

Civil & Environmental Engineering (1) 4 6 0 10

Mechanical Engineering (2) 20 30 3 53

Materials Science and Engineering (3) 9 13 0 22

Architecture (4) 2 5 0 7

Chemistry (5) 11 8 1 20

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (6) 25 43 1 69

Biology (7) 17 4 1 22

Physics (8) 12 7 1 20

Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) 5 2 1 8

Chemical Engineering (10) 7 22 0 29

Urban Studies and Planning (11) 2 6 0 8

Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (12) 12 1 1 14

Economics (14) 2 11 0 13

Management (15) 2 6 0 8

Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) 2 12 0 14

Political Science (17) - - - -

Mathematics (18) 13 6 0 19

Biological Engineering (20) 10 8 0 18

Nuclear Science and Engineering (22) 10 2 1 13

Linguistics and Philosophy (24) 4 2 0 6

Computational and Systems Biology [CSB] 4 2 0 6

Engineering Systems Design (ESD) (including Operations Research)

5 15 2 22

Health Sciences and Technology (HST) 4 6 2 12

Media Arts & Science (MAS) 4 8 1 13

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 7 1 0 8

WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE SALARY OF WORKING MIT GRADUATES?

Doctor of Philosophy going into postdoctoral positions $58,567/$15,000-$95,000

Doctor of Philosophy going on to other positions $108,416/$24,000-$250,000

WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE BONUS (for those receiving bonuses) OF WORKING MIT GRADUATES?

$16,467/ $3,000-$100,000

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WORKING GRADUATES NEGOTIATED THEIR SALARY AND BONUS?

Degree Level Negotiated Salary Negotiated Bonus

Doctorate 17.9% 12.1%

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WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE NEGOTIATED INCREASE IN SALARY

AND BONUS OF WORKING GRADUATES?

Degree Level Increase in Salary Increase in Bonus

Doctorate $8,627 $12,818

2013 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) $69,000 5 $15,000 2

Mechanical Engineering (2) $79,697 37 $9,500 10

Materials Science and Engineering (3) $74,094 16 $12,850 5

Architecture (4) $46,333 3 - -

Chemistry (5) $75,350 14 $12,000 3

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (6) $92,091 22 $23,750 4

Biology (7) $44,786 14 - -

Physics (8) $81,700 13 - -

Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) $63,000 3 - -

Chemical Engineering (10) $87,666 18 $9,700 9

Urban Studies and Planning (11) $76,750 2 - -

EAPS (12) $52,146 10 - -

Economics (14) $143,143 6 - -

Management (15) $107,250 4 - -

Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) $99,325 10 $12,500 3

Political Science (17) - - - -

Mathematics (18) $67,917 12 $7,500 2

Biological Engineering (20) $64,583 5 $8,500 2

Nuclear Engineering (22) $86,400 7 - -

Linguistics and Philosophy (24) $43,667 3 - -

Computational and Systems Biology [CSB] - - - -

Engineering Systems Design (ESD) $96,188 8 - -

Operations Research $129,833 6

Health Sciences and Technology (HST) $57,500 4 - -

Media Arts & Science (Media Lab) (MAS) $107,000 5 - -

Science, Technology, and Society [STS] - - - -

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2013 Industry & Employer Data

Industry

# of Students

Employers Salary Range

Average Salary

Aerospace & Defense 6 Air Force Research Laboratory, Boeing, Center for Naval Analyses, Draper, NASA, United Technologies Research Center

$50,000-$128,000 $91,429

Architecture & Urban Planning

Automotive & Transportation

1 Gestamp

- -

Business Services (Advertising, Real Estate, Retail)

2 Adlucent LLC, Amazon

- $96,500

Chemicals & Materials 11 3M, Dow Chemical Company, Eastman Chemical Company, Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Saint Gobain, WaterFX Inc.

$80,000-$110,000 $93,650

Computer Hardware 9 Apple, Intel, Google, HGST, Inc., LuxVue Technologies, Maxim Integrated, Samsung, Texas Instruments,

$100,000-$150,000 $118,556

Computer Software

15 BitSight Technology, Cambridge Mobile Telematics,Dynamic Ideas, Facebook, Google,Miso Media, MathWorks , Modo Labs Inc, Oracle, Rethink Robotics, Vecna

$80,000-$160,000 $116,429

Consulting 15 Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte, Mars & Co., McKinsey & Company, PA Consulting, RAND Corporation, Simon-Kucher and Partners $80,000-$160,000 $122,829

Education (postdoc)

68 California Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Yale University, CNRS, College de France, Cornell University, Duke University, ETH-Zurich, Harvard University, University of Southern California Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik MIT (Allan Myerson, CSAIL, Professor Robert Langer, Susan Solomon), Munster Universitat

$15,000-$90,000 $48,439

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National Science Foundation, Northwestern University, New York University , University of Chicago, PPPL, Princeton University (GFDL), Purdue University, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Stanford University, University of California- Berkeley, University of California-San Francisco, University of California- Santa Barbara, University of Washington, University of Waterloo, University of Zagreb, University Paris Sud 11, Orsay

Education

(nonpostdoc)

35 Carnegie Mellon University, Duke University George Washington University, Harvard University (Harvard Business School), MIT (Media Lab, SUTD Collaboration) , National Tsing-Hua University Northeastern University, Northwestern University, Princeton University, Sogang University, Stanford University, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, University of Auckland, University of California -Berkeley, University of California- San Francisco, University of Cambridge, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, University of Oxford, University of Virginia University of Washington

$24,000-$177,000 $90,167

Energy and Utilities

10 Data Storage Institute, EMpower Devices, Exxonmobil, Fraunhofer, Heschong Mahone Group, National Renewable Energy Lab, Schlumberger

$52,000-$150,00 $91,333

Engineering 25 Agency for Science, Research and Technology Argonne National Laboratory, BBN Technology, DSO National Laboratories, Energid, Eta Devices, Intel, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Maxim Integrated Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Neograft, Inc., Quanttus Inc. Sandia National Labs, Sandia National Labs, Taktia, LLC, The Glosten Associates, Transatomic Power

$48,000-$114,00 $93,265

Financial Services (Commercial Banking, Insurance)

3 Citadel Investment Group, Goldman Sachs, PDT Partners

$178,333

Government 7 Agency for Science Technology and Research, Alfred-Wegener Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, National Science Foundation, Reserve Bank of Australia, Smithsonian Institution

$45,000-$120,000 $70,450

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Health/Medicine

27 Adherean, Agamatrix, Athenahealth, Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Columbia University Medical School, Cytosolve Inc., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, GE Healthcare, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University School of Public Health, The Jackson Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital,National Institutes of Health, Opko, RedMed Health Systems, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Veterans Health Administration

$39,000-$105,000 $57,230

Industrial and Consumer Manufacturing (Construction, Product Manufacturing, Consumer Products)

3 Nike Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific

- $85,000

Investment Banking (Mutual Funds and Money Management)

4 Headlands Technologies, Jane Street Capital, FLOODGATE Fund $91,306

Law

Military 3 Army Research Lab, US Navy

$101,000

Other 6 Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Flagship Ventures, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Scripps Institution of Oceanography , ITER Organization

$39,000-$95,000 $57,333

Pharmaceuticals (Biotech, Medical Device)

5 Arsia Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company , Momenta Pharmaceuticals, GE Healthcare, Fortune Laboratory

$72,500-$114,000 $93,833