VU Biomedical Ph.D. Outcomes

The BRET Office at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine used internet searches of publicly available information to determine the employment outcomes of our biomedical Ph.D. graduates who earned their degree between 2007 and 2018.

First non-training position of VU biomedical Ph.D. alumni who graduated between 2007-2018

As of summer 2019, 603 biomedical Ph.D. alumni who graduated from May 2007 to August 2018 had obtained their first non-training position. Figure 1 shows the sector (left) in which they were employed, and their career type (right). Figure 2 shows their job function.  Figure 3 shows the types of institutions, within the academic sector, in which our alumni (n=235) obtained their first non-training positions and Figure 4 shows the types of academic institutions within each career type that our alumni were employed in. Figure 5 shows their job locations within continental US.

Figure 1: Sector and career type of first non-training position of 2007-2018 graduates

Figure 2: Job function of first non-training position of 2007-2018 graduates

Figure 3: Types of Academic Institutions in which the 2007-2018 graduates obtained their first non-training position

Figure 4: Types of Academic Institutions within each career type in which the 2007-2018 graduates obtained their first non-training position

Figure 5: Job locations of first non-training position of 2007-2018 graduates within continental US