Our 2017 Graduates
Employment Destinations by Region
Destination Outcomes
Placement of 2017 Ph.D. Grads
Employer |
Job Title |
City |
State/Country |
| Autel Robotics | Computer Vision Engineer | Pittsburgh |
Pennsylvania |
| Carnegie Mellon University (2) | Postdoctoral Fellow | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania |
| Columbia University | Postdoctoral Researcher | New York | New York |
| Cornell University | Postdoctoral Researcher | Ithaca | New York |
| Highmark Health | Decision Support Analyst | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Postdoctoral Researcher | ||
| National Institute of Standards and Technology | Postdoctoral Fellow | Boulder | Colorado |
| Nokomis | Scientist | Charleroi | Pennsylvania |
| University of Edinburgh | Postdoctoral Researcher | Edinburgh | Scotland |
| University of Leiden | Postdoctoral Researcher | Leiden | Netherlands |
| University of Pennsylvania | Postdoctoral Fellow | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania |
Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 100% of graduating Biological Sciences Doctorate students. This includes students who graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. (Download PDF Pamphlet)
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response. This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside the U.S.
Admissions & Enrollment Statistics
|
Ph.D. Admissions |
Academic Year 2014-15 |
Academic Year 2015-16 |
Academic Year 2016-17 |
| Number of students applied | 358 | 356 | 302 |
| Number of students admitted | 62 | 53 | 65 |
| Number of students enrolled | 12 | 12 | 16 |
| Ph.D. Enrollment | Fall 2017 | 5 Year Average |
| Total Enrollment | 81 | 81 |
| Female | 21% | 18% |
| Minority | 1% | 1% |
| International | 57% | 57% |
| Ph.D. Degree Completion Rates as of Fall 2017 | Graduated | Still Enrolled | Left program |
| 2010 Cohort | 72% | 0% | 28% |
| 2011 Cohort | 67% | 17% | 17% |
| 2012 Cohort | 30% | 70% | 0% |
| Ph.D. Time to Degree | Median Time to Degree |
| 2014-15 Graduating Class | 5.7 |
| 2015-16 Graduating Class | 5.8 |
| 2016-17 Graduating Class | 5.5 |
Carnegie Mellon University, Office of Institutional Research and Analysis, 9/2018
Placement Information for Prior Years
Academic Year 2015/2016
• Post Doc, Royal Observatory, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Quantitative Researcher and Developer, ITG, Boston, MA
• Scientist, Nokomis, Inc., Charleroi, PA
• Quantitative Researcher, Citadel LLC, Chicago, IL
• Machine Learning Engineer, Qeexo, Pittsburgh, PA
• Material Data Scientist, Toyota, Ann Arbor, MI
• Data Scientist, Neal Analytics, Seattle, WA
• Research Scientist, Systems Engineering Group, Inc., Columbia, MD
• Post Doc, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
• Chief Technical Officer, Hamiltonian Group, Washington D.C.
• Post Doc, Harvard SEAS, Cambridge, MA
• Software Developer, Epic, Verona, WI
• Post Doc, Royal Observatory, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Quantitative Researcher and Developer, ITG, Boston, MA
• Scientist, Nokomis, Inc., Charleroi, PA
• Quantitative Researcher, Citadel LLC, Chicago, IL
• Machine Learning Engineer, Qeexo, Pittsburgh, PA
• Material Data Scientist, Toyota, Ann Arbor, MI
• Data Scientist, Neal Analytics, Seattle, WA
• Research Scientist, Systems Engineering Group, Inc., Columbia, MD
• Post Doc, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
• Chief Technical Officer, Hamiltonian Group, Washington D.C.
• Post Doc, Harvard SEAS, Cambridge, MA
• Software Developer, Epic, Verona, WI
Academic Year 2014/2015
• Engineering Physicist, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, LLC, Kanagawa, Japan
• Proprietary Trader, T3 Trading Group, New York, NY
• Post Doc, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
• Post Doc, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• Data Analyst, CGG, Houston, TX
• Post Doc, MIT, Cambridge, MA
• Researcher, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Pathum Thani, Thailand
• Software Engineer, Intel, Phoenix, AZ
• Post Doc, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, South Africa
• Post Doc, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Engineering Physicist, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, LLC, Kanagawa, Japan
• Proprietary Trader, T3 Trading Group, New York, NY
• Post Doc, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
• Post Doc, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• Data Analyst, CGG, Houston, TX
• Post Doc, MIT, Cambridge, MA
• Researcher, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Pathum Thani, Thailand
• Software Engineer, Intel, Phoenix, AZ
• Post Doc, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, South Africa
• Post Doc, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Academic Year 2013/2014
• Engineer, Quest Link, San Diego, CA
• Assistant Professor, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
• Data Scientist, Drawbridge Inc., San Mateo, CA
• Post Doc, Duke University, Durham, NC
• Senior Data Science Engineer, Castlight Health, San Francisco, CA
• Systems Engineer, Data Science Automation Inc., McMurray, PA
• Post Doc, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA
• Quantitative Analyst, WorldQuant LLC, Old Greenwich, CT
• Software Engineer, Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, CA
• Engineer, Quest Link, San Diego, CA
• Assistant Professor, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
• Data Scientist, Drawbridge Inc., San Mateo, CA
• Post Doc, Duke University, Durham, NC
• Senior Data Science Engineer, Castlight Health, San Francisco, CA
• Systems Engineer, Data Science Automation Inc., McMurray, PA
• Post Doc, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA
• Quantitative Analyst, WorldQuant LLC, Old Greenwich, CT
• Software Engineer, Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, CA
Academic Year 2012/2013
• Post Doc, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
• Post Doc, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
• Post Doc, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Material Scientist, RJ Lee Group, Pittsburgh, PA
• Process Engineer, Lam Research, Fremont, CA
• Post Doc, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
• Post Doc, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
• Post Doc, MIT, Cambridge, MA
• Post Doc, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
• Post Doc, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
• Post Doc, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
• Post Doc, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Material Scientist, RJ Lee Group, Pittsburgh, PA
• Process Engineer, Lam Research, Fremont, CA
• Post Doc, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
• Post Doc, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
• Post Doc, MIT, Cambridge, MA
• Post Doc, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Academic Year 2011/2012
• Post Doc, Rice University, Houston, TX
• Post Doc, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• Post Doc, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA
• Post Doc, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO
• Post Doc, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
• Research Scientist, Schlumberger, Houston, TX
• Research Scientist, Sage Bionetworks, Seattle, WA
• Sr. Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR
• Technology Associate, Thomson Reuters, New York, NY
• Sr. Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR
• Research Scientist, Nokomis Inc., Charleroi, PA
• Post Doc, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
• Post Doc, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Post Doc, Rice University, Houston, TX
• Post Doc, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• Post Doc, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA
• Post Doc, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO
• Post Doc, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
• Research Scientist, Schlumberger, Houston, TX
• Research Scientist, Sage Bionetworks, Seattle, WA
• Sr. Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR
• Technology Associate, Thomson Reuters, New York, NY
• Sr. Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR
• Research Scientist, Nokomis Inc., Charleroi, PA
• Post Doc, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
• Post Doc, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Academic Year 2010/2011
• Post Doc, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
• Post Doc, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
• Post Doc, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
• Post Doc, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA
• Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR
• Post Doc, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
• Post Doc, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN
• Post Doc, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Sr. Engineer, Covidien Inc., Mansfield, MA
• Post Doc, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
• Post Doc, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
• Post Doc, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
• Post Doc, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA
• Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR
• Post Doc, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
• Post Doc, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN
• Post Doc, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Sr. Engineer, Covidien Inc., Mansfield, MA
Academic Year 2009/2010
• Post Doc, Durham University, Durham, England, UK
• Post Doc, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany
• Research Scientist, Nokomis Inc., Charleroi, PA
• Post Doc, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
• Post Doc, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Academic Year 2008/2009
• Assistant Professor, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA
• Post Doc, Durham University, Durham, England, UK
• Post Doc, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany
• Research Scientist, Nokomis Inc., Charleroi, PA
• Post Doc, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
• Post Doc, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Academic Year 2008/2009
• Assistant Professor, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA
Academic Year 2007/2008
• Post Doc, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
• Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR
• Post Doc, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington, DC
• Post Doc, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• Post Doc, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM
• Post Doc, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
• Post Doc, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA
• Research Scientist, Intel, Portland, OR
• Post Doc, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Staff Physicist, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Baltimore, MD
• Post Doc, Imperial College, London, England, UK
Academic Year 2006/2007
• Research Scientist, Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA
• Post Doc, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
• Post Doc, Korean Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, Korea
• Post Doc, IUCAA, Pune, India
• Post Doc, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
• Post Doc, University of Sussex, Brighton, England, UK
• Quantitative Analyst, Citibank, New York, NY
• Post Doc, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
• Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR
• Post Doc, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington, DC
• Post Doc, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• Post Doc, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM
• Post Doc, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
• Post Doc, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA
• Research Scientist, Intel, Portland, OR
• Post Doc, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Staff Physicist, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Baltimore, MD
• Post Doc, Imperial College, London, England, UK
Academic Year 2006/2007
• Research Scientist, Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA
• Post Doc, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
• Post Doc, Korean Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, Korea
• Post Doc, IUCAA, Pune, India
• Post Doc, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
• Post Doc, University of Sussex, Brighton, England, UK
• Quantitative Analyst, Citibank, New York, NY
Academic Year 2005/2006
• Research Scientist, Intel, Portland, OR
• Post Doc, Seagate, Cupertino, CA
• Post Doc, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
• Post Doc, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
• Post Doc, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• Post Doc, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
• Post Doc, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
• Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR
• Post Doc, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, China
• Research Scientist, Intrigue Technologies Inc., Bridgeville, PA
Academic Year 2004/2005
• Post Doc, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
• Analyst, Barclays Capital, New York, NY
• Research Scientist, Google, Mountain View, CA
• Post Doc, Kyoto, Japan
• Research Scientist, Intel, Portland, OR
• Post Doc, Seagate, Cupertino, CA
• Post Doc, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• Post Doc, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
• Post Doc, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
• Post Doc, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• Post Doc, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
• Post Doc, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
• Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR
• Post Doc, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, China
• Research Scientist, Intrigue Technologies Inc., Bridgeville, PA
Academic Year 2004/2005
• Post Doc, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
• Analyst, Barclays Capital, New York, NY
• Research Scientist, Google, Mountain View, CA
• Post Doc, Kyoto, Japan
Academic Year 2003/2004
• Post Doc, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM
• Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR
• Financial Consultant
• Post Doc, Columbia University, New York, NY
• Research Scientist, Arete Associates, Santa Rosa, CA
• President, South Asian Physics Foundation
• Research Scientist, Boeing Corporation, Seattle, WA
• Quantitative Analyst, Pequot Capital Management, Westport, CT
• Post Doc, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
• Post Doc, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• Research Scientist, Raytheon, Waltham, MA
Academic Year 2002/2003
• Professor, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Royal Society Post Doc, University College, London, England, UK
• Post Doc, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA
• Assistant Professor, Penn State University, McKeesport, PA
• Post Doc, Penn State University, State College, PA
• Post Doc, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM
• Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR
• Financial Consultant
• Post Doc, Columbia University, New York, NY
• Research Scientist, Arete Associates, Santa Rosa, CA
• President, South Asian Physics Foundation
• Research Scientist, Boeing Corporation, Seattle, WA
• Quantitative Analyst, Pequot Capital Management, Westport, CT
• Post Doc, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
• Post Doc, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• Research Scientist, Raytheon, Waltham, MA
Academic Year 2002/2003
• Professor, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Royal Society Post Doc, University College, London, England, UK
• Post Doc, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA
• Assistant Professor, Penn State University, McKeesport, PA
• Post Doc, Penn State University, State College, PA
Academic Year 2001/2002
• Post Doc, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
• Post Doc, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
• Post Doc, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
• Post Doc, Max Planck Institut, Dresden, Germany
• Research Scientist, Caliper Technologies Corp., Hopkinton, MA
• Post Doc, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
• Post Doc, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
• Post Doc, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
• Post Doc, Max Planck Institut, Dresden, Germany
• Research Scientist, Caliper Technologies Corp., Hopkinton, MA
Academic Year 2000/2001
• Post Doc, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• Staff Engineer/Scientist, IBM, East Fishkill, NY
• Post Doc, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA
• Post Doc, Fermilab, Batavia, IL
• Post Doc, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
• Research Scientist, IMC Corporation, Indianapolis, IN
• Post Doc, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• Teaching Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Research Scientist, IBM
• Post Doc, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• Staff Engineer/Scientist, IBM, East Fishkill, NY
• Post Doc, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA
• Post Doc, Fermilab, Batavia, IL
• Post Doc, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
• Research Scientist, IMC Corporation, Indianapolis, IN
• Post Doc, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• Teaching Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Research Scientist, IBM
Academic Year 1999/2000
• Software Engineer, Avanti Systems, Toronto, Canada
• Staff Engineer/Scientist, IBM, Burlington, VT
• Software Engineer, Avanti Systems, Toronto, Canada
• Staff Engineer/Scientist, IBM, Burlington, VT