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Only 15% of postdocs end up being tenure-track faculty. And what percentage of PhD graduates get postdoctoral positions? I saw a statistic somewhere (sorry, no
by goodcanadian 4y ago
Only 15% of postdocs end up being tenure-track faculty.
And what percentage of PhD graduates get postdoctoral positions? I saw a statistic somewhere (sorry, no source at the moment) that showed something like 2% of PhDs actually making it to a faculty position.
- lambdaloop 4y agoAs I was told, pretty much any PhD graduate can get a postdoc somewhere. PhD -> postdoc transition is really about whether you want to stay in academia at all. From my rough impressions, maybe about 10% of the grad students I know are thinking of doing a postdoc, which would be 10% * 15% = 1.5% of PhDs making it to faculty. That roughly matches the statistic you have. I think the 15% of postdocs becoming faculty statistic really sticks with me, because these are already preselected for wanting to become faculty and even within that pool, only 15% can make it. It's quite demoralizing.