University of Pennsylvania

Career Plans of

Master's and Doctoral Recipients from:

Annenberg School for Communication School of Arts and Sciences, including Professional and Liberal Education (PLE) Engineering and Applied Science Doctoral Programs Perelman School of Medicine Wharton Doctoral Programs

University of Pennsylvania

Graduation dates: December 2011, May 2012 and August 2012

Career Services surveyed 738 Master's and doctoral recipients from the schools listed above between May 2012 and February 2013. For December 2011-August 2012 graduates 358 responses were received--a 49% response rate.

Employment Status - All Respondents

3% 3%

8%

1%

7% 42%

2%

17%

14% 3%

Full-time Employment - 42% Part-time Employment - 3% Continuing Current Employment - 14% Postdoctoral Fellowship - 17% Medical Residency (MD/PhD) - 2% Full-time Graduate Studies -7% Self-Employed - 1% Temporary Employment - 3% Other - 3% Still Seeking Employment

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Employment Status ? PhDs

315 individuals received their PhD in 2012. Career Services received 177 responses ? a 56% response rate. 65 respondents accepted faculty positions. 58% of those positions are tenure-track.

1%

5% 3%

3%

3%

34%

49%

Full-time Employment Part-time Employment Continuing Current Employment Postdoctoral Fellowship Medical Residency (MD/PhD) Full-time Graduate Studies Temporary Employment Other Still Seeking Employment

1% 2%

Humanites and Social Sciences

1% 2% 5%

21%

1%

66%

4%

Science, Math and Engineering

4% 3% 3% 6%

45%

37%

2%

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Employment Status ? GSAS and PLE Master's

423 individuals received their Master's in 2012. Career Services received 180 responses ? a 43% response rate.

9% 3% 1% 3% 9%

11%

18%

42% 4%

Full-time Employment Part-time Employment Continuing Current Employment Postdoctoral Fellow Full-time Graduate Studies Self-Employed Temporary Employment Other Still Seeking Employment

Fels Institute of Government -

MPA 44% response rate

6% 11%

11%

50%

22%

MAPP, MES, MLA, and MMP

39% response rate

11% 2% 8% 4%

11%

28% 8%

28%

Organizational Dynamics MS

61% response rate 6% 6% 6%

82%

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Date of Job Offer

62% of all respondents who secured full-time employment, part-time employment or a postdoctoral research position/fellowship included the date of their job offer when they completed the survey.

60%

50%

50%

40%

31%

30%

20%

10%

0% Received offer before graduation date

12% 7%

Received offer within 1-2 months

Received offer 3-4 months after graduation

Received offer 5 or more months after graduation

Positions Accepted ? By school and academic program

Positions accepted by 2012 graduates are listed by program and include Employer, Department (when provided), Position Title and Location. The average salary by program is posted if 3 or more graduates indicated their annual salary in their responses.

*Indicates "Continuing Current Employment"

Annenberg School for Communication

Communication, PhD Annenberg Public Policy Center, Media and the Developing Child Sector, Postdoctoral Fellow, Philadelphia, PA Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Research Fellow, Boston, MA Stetson University, Communications and Media Studies, Assistant Professor, DeLand, FL

Average Salary: $56,500

Arts and Science, Graduate Division and Professional and Liberal Education

Ancient History, MA Colorado State University, Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, Affiliate Researcher, Fort Collins, CO

Ancient History, PhD Swarthmore College, Classics, Visiting Assistant Professor, Swarthmore, PA

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Anthropology, MA McCann & Geschke, P.C., Paralegal, Philadelphia, PA Nazarbayev University, Center for Life Sciences, Researcher, Astana, Kazakhstan Please Touch Museum, Outreach (Community Learning), On-Call Facilitator, Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Membership and Annual Giving, Membership

and Annual Giving Coordinator, Philadelphia, PA* Average Salary: $31,933

Anthropology, PhD University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Pharmacology, Postdoctoral Researcher, Philadelphia, PA

Applied Geoscience, MS URS Corporation, Geotechnical, Engineering Geologist, Princeton, NJ Vanderbilt University, Earth and Environmental Science, Research Project Manager, Nashville, TN

Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, MA Archimedes, Inc., Scientist, Associate Scientist, San Francisco, CA Morgan Stanley, Internal Audit, Analyst, New York, NY

Applied Positive Psychology, MAPP Citizen Schools, Talent, Chief Talent Officer, Boston, MA* Discovery Communications, Inc., Discovery Channel-Production, Coordinating Producer, Silver Spring, MD* Drexel College of Medicine, Psychiatry, Behavioral Health Consultant, Philadelphia, PA Masco Administrative Services, Human Resources, Senior Manager Talent Management, Daytona Beach, FL* Target Corporation, Marketing, Senior Manager, Creative Strategy, Minneapolis, MN*

Average Salary: $95,500

Biology, PhD Brown University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Providence, RI University of Pennsylvania, Biology, Undergraduate Coordinator, Philadelphia, PA

Chemistry, MS Bain & Company, Associate Consultant, New York, NY Public Utilities Board, Water Quality Office, Chemist, Singapore

Chemistry, PhD Argonne National Lab, Materials Science, Postdoc, Lemont, IL Harvard Medical School Children's Hospital of Boston, Molecular Medicine / Biological Chemistry and Molecular

Pharmacology, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston, MA Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Radiology, Postdoctoral Fellow, New York, NY Riverside Law, LLP, Patent Agent, West Conshohocken, PA University of Pennsylvania, Chemistry, Visiting Scholar, Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, Chemistry, Visiting Scholar, Philadelphia, PA* Vanderbilt University, Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory, Postdoctoral Fellow, Nashville, TN

Average Salary: $51,266

Chemistry Education, MCE Central Bucks School District, Central Bucks High School East, Science Teacher, Doylestown, PA* Philadelphia School District, Central High School, Science Teacher, Philadelphia, PA* Philadelphia School District, Mathematics, Teacher, Philadelphia, PA*

Average Salary: $67,333

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