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CAREER INFORMATION FROM THE
DOCTORAL EXIT SURVEY
2011 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 2011 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,
ABOUT THE EARNED DOCTORATE SURVEY
The Doctoral Exit Survey is administered by Institutional Research, Office of the Provost at
MIT. The full Doctoral Exit Survey report for 2011 can be viewed at
http://web.mit.edu/ir/surveys/DocExit_2011_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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2011 MIT POST GRADUATION STATISTICS*
*Based upon 473 (77.7 %) responses to the 2011 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
79.6% 1.4% 13.3% 5.3%
*Other includes taking time off, traveling, and not planning to work or study.
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WHICH EMPLOYERS HIRED THE MOST MIT 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 34.7%
Scientific and Technical Services 20.2%
Other 17.8%
Manufacturing, Durable 7.0%
Software and Data Services 5.8%
Business and Professional Services 5.8%
Finance and Insurance 3.3%
Health Care Services 3.3%
Communications 1.0%
Manufacturing, Non-Durable 1.0%
Public Administration 1.0%
Social Services 1.0%
Transportation 1.0%
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2011 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) Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Lufthansa German
Airlines, Shell, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Boston
Consulting Group, UCLA, University of Hong Kong, W.P. Carey
Mechanical Engineering (2) Applied Physical Sciences Corp., Beckman Institute at UIUC, Brown
University, California Institute of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique, EXA,
Exponent, Mahatma Education Society, McKinsey & Company, MIT, Naval
Undersea Warfare Center, Nucleus Scientific, Sandia National Labs,
Schlumberger-Doll Research, Smith and Nephew, UC Berkeley, Undertone
Networks, University of Chicago, zeiss
Materials Science and Engineering (3) ABC Inc., DSO National Laboratories Singapore, French Government,
General Electric, Intel Corporation, Intellectual Ventures Laboratory,
Investment Technology Group, Lucius Pitkin Inc., MIT, Rowland Institute at
Harvard, University of Texas at Austin
Architecture (4) Univeristy of Virginia
Chemistry (5) Boston University, California Institute of Technology, Clarion Healthcare,
Concord Academy, Chulalongkorn University, DuPont, Goodwin Procter
LLP, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Jay Keasling / UC
Berkeley, McKinsey and Company, Miller Institute for Basic Research at
University of California Berkeley, MIT, National Institutes of Health,
Stanford University, The Scripps Research Institute, UC Berkeley, University
of California Santa Barbara, University of Cambridge, University of
Washington, University of Wisconsin Madison
Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science [EECS] (6)
Boston Dynamics, Carnegie Mellon University, Elfar Adalsteinsson /
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Enphase Energy, Exponent,
FastCAP Sytems Inc, G2 Systems LLC, GA Tech, Google, Harvard Medical
School, Hewlett Packard, IBM, IBM Research, Institute for Advanced Study,
Intel, International Rectifier, Kasetsart University, Lincoln Lab, Marvell
Semiconductor, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Maxim
Integrated Products, Microsoft, MIT, MIT CSAIL, MIT Lincoln Laboratory,
Oracle, Princeton University, Qualcomm Incorporated, Quanta Research
Cambridge Inc., Royal Society, Sandia National Labs, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, The Mathworks, University of Michigan, Two
Sigma Investments, University of Southampton, University of Wisconsin-
Madison, Yonsei University
Biology (7) Clark & Elbing LLP, Gryphon Scientific, Harvard Medical School, MIT,
Rockefeller University, Stanford University, Texas A&M University, Tufts
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Course (Course Number) Employers
University, UCSD, UCSF, University of California-Davis, University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Yale University
Physics (8) Aarhus University, Harvard University, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, NASA/ORAU, Oak Ridge
Institute for Science and Education, Sharif University of Technology,
University of California at Davis, University of California at Berkeley,
University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Groningen,
University of Maryland/Joint Quantum Inst.
Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) Brown University, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Howard
Hughes Medical Institute, MIT
Chemical Engineering (10) Applied Materials, Bain & Co., Dominion Engineering, Inc., Dow Chemical
Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Harvard University, IBM, McKinsey
and Company, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Sandia National Labs, The Boston
Consulting Group, University of Pennsylvania
Urban Studies and Planning (11) Harvard University, MIT, New York University, University of San Diego
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary
Sciences [EAPS] (12)
ETH, ExxonMobil, Harvard University, National Center for Atmospheric
Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, University of
California at Santa Barbara, WHOI
Economics (14) Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Harvard University, Los Andes
University, Mathematica Policy Research, Occidental College, Universidad
de los Andes, University of British Columbia, University of Pennsylvania
Management (15)
MIT Sloan School of Management, University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center, Wharton School
Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) Busek Co., Inc., California Institute of Technology, DSO National
Laboratories, McKinsey, MIT, Pioneer Astronautics, Vecna
Political Science (17) RAND, George Washington University, University of Chicago, University of
Pennsylvania
Mathematics (18) Georgia Institute of Technology, Goldman Sachs Japan Holdings, Ltd.,
Harvard University, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Louisiana State
University, Mathematical Science Research Institute, McGill University,
McMaster University, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Northwestern University,
Pfizer, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stanford University,
University of Texas at Austin, University of Geneva, University of
Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Mathematics Department,
University of Texas at Austin, University of Toronto, Virtu Financial LLC
Biological Engineering (20) Clarion Healthcare, MIT, NovelMed Therapeutics, Teach for America,
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Course (Course Number) Employers
University of Virginia
Nuclear Engineering (22) Argonne National Laboratory, Bechtel Marine Propulsion, Georgia Inst. of
Tech., MIT, MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, MIT Plasma Science and
Fusion Center, Oak Ridge National Lab, TerraPower LLC
Linguistics and Philosophy (24) Ecole Normale Superieure, Harvard University, Institut Jean Nicod
Computational and Systems Biology
[CSB]
Harvard University, Institut Pasteur, Salk Institute
Engineering Systems Division [ESD]
(including Operational Research)
DHL, Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard Business School, MIT,
National University of Singapore, PRTM Management Consultants, U.S. Air
Force, US Army
Health Sciences and Technology [HST] Goldman Sachs, Harvard University, Opera Solutions LLC, UCSF
Media Arts and Sciences (Media Lab)
[MAS]
Accenture, g8four, MIT, Northeastern University / Harvard University, Olin
College of Engineering, Sociometric Solutions
Science, Technology, and Society [STS] Brown University, University of British Columbia
DO YOU INTEND TO TAKE A POSTDOC POSITION?
Yes 51.8%
No 48.2%
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) 8.3% 91.7% 12
Mechanical Engineering (2) 36.4% 63.6% 44
Materials Science and Engineering (3) 38.9% 61.6% 18
Architecture (4) 20.0% 80.0% 5
Chemistry (5) 72.4% 27.6% 29
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
[EECS] (6) 40.9% 59.1% 93
Biology (7) 77.8% 22.2% 27
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Physics (8) 94.7% 5.3% 19
Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) 75.0% 25.0% 8
Chemical Engineering (10) 27.8% 72.2% 18
Urban Studies and Planning (11) 33.3% 66.7% 6
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
[EAPS] (12) 90.0% 10.0% 10
Economics (14) 20.0% 80.0% 10
Management (15) 0% 100% 5
Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) 25.0% 75.0% 12
Political Science (17) 60.0% 40.0% 5
Mathematics (18) 65.5% 34.5% 29
Biological Engineering (20) 44.4% 55.6% 9
Nuclear Engineering (22) 35.7% 64.3% 14
Linguistics and Philosophy (24) 60.0% 40.0% 5
Computational and Systems Biology [CSB] 66.7% 33.3% 6
Engineering Systems Design (ESD)
(including Operations Research) 17.6% 82.4% 17
Health Sciences and Technology (HST) 23.1% 76.9% 13
Media Arts & Science (MAS) 38.5% 61.5% 13
Science, Technology, and Society [STS] 50.0% 50.0% 4
FOR THOSE WHO INTEND TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES, IN WHAT STATE DO YOU INTEND TO LIVE AFTER
GRADUATION? N=372
Massachusetts 43.3%
California 19.1%
New York 5.6%
New Jersey 2.7%
Texas 4%
Pennsylvania 2.7
Washington 2.7
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FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT PLAN TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES, WHAT COUNTRY DO YOU INTEND TO LIVE
AFTER GRADUATION? N=73
Canada 12.3%
France 8.2%
Singapore 8.2%
United Kingdom 6.9%
South Korea 6.8%
Thailand 6.8%
Germany 4.1%
Hong Kong SAR 4.1%
India 4.1%
Switzerland 4.1%
China 2.7%
Columbia 2.7%
Chile 2.7%
Japan 2.7%
Spain 2.7%
Turkey 2.7%
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 38.8%
Networking 34.0%
Through Department (faculty, academic administrator) 28.6%
Advertised job listing (on-line, print) 18.4%
Personal Contacts (friends, family) 17.3%
On-campus recruiting (CareerBridge, Interviewtrak) 15.0%
Professional Conference 12.6%
Career Fair 9.2%
Previously employed by employer (internship, company-sponsored education) 8.2%
Other 6.5%
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Internship led to job offer 4.4%
Contacts acquired through MIT Career Services 2.4%
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF JOB APPLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS/JOB OFFERS?
13
Degree Level Job Applications Job Interviews Job Offers
Doctorate 8 3 2
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WORKING GRADUATES NEGOTIATED THEIR SALARY AND BONUS?
Degree Level Negotiated Salary Negotiated Bonus
Doctorate 18.3% 12.4%
WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE SALARY AND SALARY RANGE OF WORKING MIT GRADUATES?
Doctor of Philosophy going into postdoctoral positions $50,371/ ($30,000-$89,000)
Doctor of Philosophy going on to other positions $100,416/ ($11,500-$200,000)
WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE BONUS (for those receiving bonuses) AND
RANGE OF BONUSES OF WORKING MIT GRADUATES?
Doctor of Philosophy going into postdoctoral positions $5,717/$500-$15,000
Doctor of Philosophy going on to other positions $22,913/ $1,000-$500,000
WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE NEGOTIATED INCREASE IN SALARY
AND BONUS OF WORKING GRADUATES?
Degree Level Increase in Salary Increase in Bonus
Doctorate $4,756 $10,943
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2011 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) 84,333 3 12,166 3
Mechanical Engineering (2) 65,257 15 23,333 6
Materials Science and Engineering (3) 84,250 6 11,600 5
Architecture (4) - - - -
Chemistry (5) 58,733 15 11,750 4
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
[EECS] (6) 90,497 30 47,618 17
Biology (7) 56,417 6 - -
Physics (8) 53,616 6 3,450 2
Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) 39,500 2 - -
Chemical Engineering (10) 90,083 6 15,000 8
Urban Studies and Planning (11) 44,000 3 7,500 2
EAPS (12) 56,500 4 2,000 1
Economics (14) 73,500 3 6,500 6
Management (15) 83,500 2 3,800 1
Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) 71,600 5 27,000 1
Political Science (17) 61,750 4 10,000 1
Mathematics (18) 60,501 15 6,000 4
Biological Engineering (20) 63,750 2 10,000 1
Nuclear Engineering (22) 76,800 6 7,750 4
Linguistics and Philosophy (24) - - - -
Computational and Systems Biology [CSB] 57,500 2 - -
Engineering Systems Design (ESD)
(including Operations Research) 110,833 6 15,000 4
Health Sciences and Technology (HST) 85,000 3 8,750 2
Media Arts & Science (Media Lab) (MAS) 59,400 5 20,000 1
Science, Technology, and Society [STS] - - - -
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2011 Industry & Employer Data
Industry
# of
Students Employers
Average Salary Salary Range
Computer Software
6 G2 Systems LLC , Google, Microsoft, Oracle
Qualcomm Incorporated 111,167 75,000 - 127,000
Consulting 10 Accenture, Bain & Co., Clarion Healthcare,
Lucius Pitkin Inc. , McKinsey & Company,
Sociometric Solutions, Boston Consulting
Group, Undertone Networks, Opera Solutions,
LLC, PRTM Management Consultants
108,500 85,000 - 125,000
Education
86 Aarhus University, Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology, Beckman
Institute at UIUC, Boston University, Brown
University, California Institute of Technology,
Carnegie Mellon University, Ecole Normale
Superieure, Ecole Polytechnique, Elfar
Adalsteinsson / Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, George Washington University,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard
Business School, Harvard University, Kasetsart
University, Korea Institute for Advanced
Study, Los Andes University, Louisiana State
University, Mahatma Education Society,
McGill University, McMaster University, MIT,
New York University, Northeastern University
/ Harvard University, Northwestern University,
Occidental College, Olin College of
Engineering, Princeton University, Rockefeller
University, Salk Institute, Scripps Research
Institute, Sharif University of Technology,
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics,
Stanford University, Teach for America, Texas
A&M University, The Chinese University of
Hong Kong, Tufts University, Universidad de
Los Andes, University Corporation for
Atmospheric Research, University of British
Colombia, University of California at Berkeley,
University of California at Davis, University of
56,693 11,500 - 190,000
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California at Los Angeles, University of
California at San Diego, University of
California at San Francisco, University of
California at Santa Barbara, University of
Cambridge, University of Chicago, University
of Geneva, University of Groningen,
University of Hong Kong, University of
Maryland/Joint Quantum Inst., University of
Michigan, University of Pennsylvania,
University of San Diego, University of
Southampton, University of Texas at Austin,
University of Toronto, University of Virginia,
University of Washington, University of
Wisconsin Madison, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, Yale University,
Yonsei University
Energy and Utilities
4 Enphase Energy, FastCAP Sytems Inc, Shell,
Dominion Engineering, Inc. 101,500 85,000 – 116,000
Financial Services
(Commercial
Banking, Insurance)
3 Goldman Sachs, Investment Technology
Group, Two Sigma Investments, Virtu
Financial LLC, W.P. Carey
123,333 100,000 – 150,000
Health/Medicine
3 Harvard Medical School, University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of
Texas Southwestern Medical Center
59,333 40,000 - 92,000
Manufacturing,
Durable
(machinery,
electronic
hardware, medical
instruments)
8
Busek Co., Inc., General Electric, EXA, Hewlett
Packard, Intel, International Rectifier, Marvell
Semiconductor, Maxim Integrated Products,
Quanta Research Cambridge Inc., Zeiss
106,500 90,000 – 125,000
Manufacturing,
Non-Durable (food,
chemicals, plastics,
textiles) (including
Chemicals and
Materials)
1
Applied Materials, Boston Dynamics, Dow
Chemical Company, DuPont, 93,000 93,000
17
Pharmaceuticals
(Biotech, Medical
Device)
1
Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Smith and
Nephew, NovelMed Therapeutics 88,500 88,500
Public
Administration/
Government
2 NASA/ORAU, Naval Undersea Warfare Center,
French Government , Swiss Federal
Department of Foreign Affairs, U.S. Air Force,
US Army
71,000 52,000 – 90,000
Scientific &
Technical Services
17 ABC Inc., Applied Physical Sciences Corp.,
Argonne National Laboratory, Bechtel Marine
Propulsion, DSO National Laboratories
Singapore, Exponent, Gryphon Scientific,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, IBM, IBM
Research, Institute of Advanced Study,
Institut Jean Nicod , Institut Pasteur,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Lawrence Livermore National Lab,
Mathematical Science Research Institute,
Mathworks, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, National
Institutes of Health, Nucleus Scientific, Oak
Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge Institute for
Science and Education, Pioneer Astronautics,
Schlumberger-Doll Research, Sandia National
Labs, TerraPower LLC, Vecna
80,129 30,000 - 112,000
Non-profit
organizations
2 Mathematica Policy Research, RAND, Royal
Society, 44,450 38,900 – 50,000
Transportation 1 Lufthansa German Airlines - -
Other 2 Clark & Elbing LLP, DHL, Goodwin Procter
LLP 97,500 95,000 – 100,000
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORATE STUDENTS COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP IN THEIR CURRENT PROGRAM?
YES NO DON’T KNOW
30.3% 69.7% 0%
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WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORATE GRADUATES HAD LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE?
YES NO DON’T KNOW
50.6% 46.5% 2.9%
WHAT WAS PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORATE GRADUATES HAD SERVICE EXPERIENCE?
YES NO DON’T KNOW
44.5% 53.5% 2.0%