New AIP Tool Highlights Career Options for Physics PhDs

5/2/2018 10:22:38 AM

Lance Cooper

The American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics publishes statistical information about careers and employment for PhDs in Physics.  Links to this information can be found on the Grad Blog under "Jobs and Fellowship Information" at the following two links:

AIP Statistical Data on Physics Careers

AIP Employment Statistics for Physicists

Most recent is an article about a new AIP tool that highlights career options for PhD physicists that you can find here: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.5.20180501a/full/ .  Included in the article is a link to an interesting pie chart that shows the jobs taken by more than 700 newly minted US PhDs from the classes of 2009–14: https://www.aip.org/statistics/whos-hiring-physics-phds?_ga=2.227668127.341323139.1525274511-1952500743.1525101915

Information about Illinois Physics PhD Employment from 2005-2017 can also be found on the Grad Blog here:

Illinois Physics PhD Job Placement Summary