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Alumni Career Outcomes and Statistics

 

Time to Degree and Completion Rates

Period Student Entered Program 2011-2015
Five-year total of new PhD students 119
Number who completed PhD 111
% Completed PhD 93%
Average Time to Degree (2018-22) 5.9 years

*Based on Rockefeller’s maximum time to degree, students entering in 2015 would have graduated no later than 2022

Current Positions of Students who Graduated 2013-2017

Industry/Biotech 25%
Faculty 21%
Postdoc 18%
Research Staff 11%
Finance 9%
Consulting 7%
Medicine 4%
Government 1%
Writing/Publishing 1%
Other 3%

Current Positions of Students who Graduated 2018-2022

Industry/Biotech 22%
Faculty 7%
Postdoc 46%
Research Staff 4%
Finance 6%
Consulting 2%
Medicine 1%
Government 2%
Writing/Publishing 6%
Other 4%