Student Career Placement & Professional Development

Our Students: Career and Placement Information


industries

*Please note that the data aggregated and presented below are self-reported. 

MS Internship Industry Placement 

Below are the top industries our MS in Data Science students have interned at during the last few years.

Industry Placement
placement 2021-2022

■ Technology: 32.97% | Example Companies: Quora, Microsoft, Google

■ Financial: 29.67% | Example Companies: Citadel, Prudential, Jefferies Group LLC

■ Media: 7.69% | Example Companies: Sony Music Entertainment, WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal

■ Consumer Goods: 5.49% | Example Companies: P&G, Newell Brands, Chewy

■ Other: 24.18% | Example Companies: PwC, Rockstar Games, Driveline Baseball

Industry Placement

■ Technology: 28.17% | Example Companies: IBM, Rendered AI, Adobe

■ Financial: 22.54% | Example Companies: 7 Chord, Fidelity, Neuberger Berman

■ Marketing: 8.45% | Example Companies: Bombora

■ Education: 7.04% | Example Companies: Coursera, University of Wisconsin Foundation

■ E-Commerce: 5.63% | Example Companies: Boxed, eBay, Fartech

Industry Placement

■ Technology: 25% | Example Companies: AI Cure, Amazon, Spectrum Labs

■ Media: 19.44% | Example Companies: NBC Universal, Piano.io

■ Financial: 19.44% | Example Companies: Kepos Capital, JP Morgan, Fidelity

■ Insurance & Risk Management: 8.33% | Example Companies: Prudential, Travelers, Swiss Re

■ Marketing: 4.17% | Example Companies: Bombora

Industry Placement

■ Technology: 21.78% | Example Companies: Mongo DB, Benevolent AI, Apple

■ Media: 17.82% | Example Companies: NBC Universal, Viacom Inc., Vox Media

■ Financial: 15.84% | Example Companies: Blackrock, Capital One, Sofi

■ Travel: 7.92% | Example Companies: Rocket Miles, Expedia, Trip Advisor

■ BioTech & Health: 6.93% | Example Companies: Medical College Of Wisconsin, NYU Langone, Rubicon MD



A majority of our PhD students continue their research during the summer semester; however, there are some that take on industry internships. Below are the industries these students have interned at since the program was launched in 2017.

PhD Internship Industry Placement

■ Technology: 71.43% | Example Companies: Adobe, Amazon, Google NVIDIA

■ BioTech & Health: 14.29% | Example Companies: Talkspace, Insitro

■ Research: 14.29% | Example Companies: Cold Spring Harbor Library, Microsoft Research



After Graduation Placement 

Below is information on where our graduate alumni have worked or studied after graduating from the Center for Data Science.

*Please note that the following data presented is an aggregate of responses from CDS’ graduate exit survey.

Alumni Industry Placement

74.58% REPORTED HAVING A FULL-TIME JOB AT THE TIME OF GRADUATION.

■ Technology: 56.82%

■ Financial: 17.05%

■ BioTech & Health: 6.82%

■ Other: 19.32%


Example Companies
  • Spotify
  • Meta
  • NBCUniversal
  • Walmart

Example Job Titles
  • Data Scientist
  • Machine Learning Engineer
  • Applied Scientist

Academia

1 student went on to a PhD program at the following institution:

  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Alumni Industry Placement

70.18% HAD A FULL-TIME JOB AT THE TIME OF GRADUATION.

7.02% CONTINUED THEIR EDUCATION.


■ Technology: 51.61%

■ Financial: 22.58%

■ BioTech & Health: 6.45%


Example Companies
  • Litre
  • Didi Lab USA
  • American Express
  • Qualtrics XM

Example Job Titles
  • Data Scientist
  • Business Intelligence Engineer
  • AI & Machine Learning Associate

Academia

4 students went on to PhD programs at the following institutions:

  • Hong Kong University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Arizona University
  • Technische Universitae Darmstadt
Alumni Industry Placement

64.81% HAD A FULL-TIME JOB AT THE TIME OF GRADUATION.

7.41% CONTINUED THEIR EDUCATION.


■ Technology: 59.26%

■ Financial: 11.11%

■ Real Estate: 7.41%


Example Companies
  • IBM
  • Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Lyft
  • Zillow

Example Job Titles
  • Data Scientist
  • Machine Learning Engineer

Academia

4 students went on to PhD programs at the following institutions:

  • New York University
  • University of Washington
  • John Hopkins University
Alumni Industry Placement

76.47% HAD A FULL-TIME JOB AT THE TIME OF GRADUATION.

7.02% CONTINUED THEIR EDUCATION.


■ Technology: 52.38%

■ Financial: 28.57%


Example Companies
  • Apple
  • Amazon
  • JP Morgan Chase
  • Oracle

Example Job Titles
  • Data Scientist
  • Machine Learning Engineer
  • Research Engineer

Academia

2 students went on to pursue the PhD in Data Science at CDS.



Entry-Level Salary Range
$110,000 – $125,000