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> 1800 surplus Physics PhD's Do you have better data than this?: "The physics PhD classes of 2007 and 2008 consisted of 1,460 and 1,499 PhDs, respectively. We
by b_emery 15y ago
> 1800 surplus Physics PhD's
Do you have better data than this?:
"The physics PhD classes of 2007 and 2008 consisted of 1,460 and 1,499 PhDs, respectively. We received post-degree information on 54% of these degree recipients." ... resulting in 4% unemployed initially. Including the 7% temporarily employed that's around 150 excess Physics Phd's in 2008.
http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/reports/phdinitial.pdf http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/reports/phdinitial.pdf
- WalterBright 15y agoThis implies that physics PhDs are interchangeable.
- madcaptenor 15y agoNot a physicist. But the fact that they only got post-degree information from 54% worries me, because those who are unemployed are probably less likely to answer a survey like this.