Career Placement Outcomes - Physics

Doctoral Students Between 2011 and 2018

Employed In-field Employed Out-of-field Continuing Education Seeking Response rate:
76% 0% 1.4% 20% 97.4 %

Master's Students Between 2011 and 2018

Employed In-field Employed Out-of-field Continuing Education Seeking Response rate:
27.3% 0% 54.6% 9.1% 91 %

* The above data are based on an employment survey completed within 6 months after graduation. If the percentages do not add up to 100%, the remaining graduates were not seeking employment at the 6-month mark.

Roles and Workspace for 2019-2021 Doctoral and Master's Graduates

  2-year college/community college 4-year college/master's university For-profit company: Information Technology For-profit company: Manufacturing Government Research university Other
Engineering       2     1
IT (Information Technology)     1        
Postdoc   1     1 3  
Research Staff           1  
Other 1           2

Employment Statistics: National Science Board (NSB) infographic of long-term career trajectories show the diverse possibilities for this discipline.