Late-Stage Grad Students Want Nonacademic Careers

摘要

The further students progress through science graduate programs, the less likely they are to want a career in academic research, according to a survey of 4109 grad students from 39 top-tier research universities. Across all disciplines, the average number of students who rated academic jobs as "attractive" or "extremely attractive" dropped from 74% to 62% betweenrnthe early and later stages of grad school. Careers in industry and startup companies either jumped up slightly or stayed about the same. Government jobs saw the biggest spike in relative attractiveness.