Student Career & Professional Development: Career Information

After Graduation

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.

Median Master’s Alumni Salary

$120,000

Median Undergraduate Alumni Salary

$100,000


2022-2023 Graduate Salary Range: $53,000 – $210,000 |  2022-2023 Undergraduate Salary Range: $60,000 – $110,000

Alumni

Numbers:

  • Graduate School: 30.41% (Example Schools: Berkeley, Brown University, Mellon, Columbia, Harvard, John Hopkins University, MIT, NYU, University of Pennsylvania)
  • Financial: 9.36% (Example Companies: Barclays Investment Bank, Capital One, EY, PricewaterhouseCoopers)
  • Technology: 7.60% (Example Companies: Netflix Palo Alto Networks, Thomson Reuters, Grubhub, Walmart Global Tech, Kalypso)
  • Healthcare: 3.51% (Example Companies: AstraZeneca, CVS, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
  • Other: 4.68% (Example Companies: Baosteel, Cartier, Secured Carbon, United Nations) – * Includes: Consumer Goods, Energy, Government, Manufacturing, and Real Estate

Numbers:

  • Technology: 38.46%  (Example Companies: Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Verisk)
  • Financial: 24.36% (Example Companies: American Express, TD Bank, Morgan Stanley)
  • Consumer Goods & Services: 11.54% (Example Companies: Grubhub, Walmart Global Tech, Kalypso)
  • Consulting: 5.13% (Example Companies: Alvarez & Marsal, BCG, QuantumBlack, McKinsey & Company)
  • Education: 8.97% (Example Companies: New York University, University of Chicago, The University of Texas at Austin)
  • Biotech & Health: 3.85% (Example Companies: Genentech, Delfina, Mount Sinai Health System)
  • Other: 7.69% (Example Companies: Prudential, The Washington Post, New York Life Insurance Company)

Numbers:

  • Technology: 71.43%
  • Academia: 21.43%
  • Research: 7.14%

Example Companies / Institutions:

  • Amazon
  • Google DeepMind
  • Meta
  • NVIDIA
  • Stanford University
  • Yale University

Example Job Titles:

  • Applied Scientist
  • Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Research Scientist

Internship

AY24-25-UG Internship Stats

Numbers:

  • Finance: 28.89% 
  • Technology: 28.89% 
  • Consulting: 15.56%  
  • Media: 8.89% 
  • Government: 6.67% 
  • Healthcare: 4.44%  
  • Manufacturing: 2.22%  
  • Marketing: 2.22%
  • Real Estate: 2.22%

Companies By Sector:

  • Finance​: Bank of America, Barclays Investment Bank Billfold Contactless Payment, Bondclif Partners, Credit Suisse, CSG Investments, Interactive Brokers LLC, Invesco, Lions Financial, Point72, The Beryl Consulting Group, Tigress Financial Partners, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group
  • Technology​: AlphaPlay AI, Amazon, Apple Inc. (2), Elemental Cognition, Hee Lab Inc. Meituan, Meta, Stealth Startup, Weslabs.AI, Workato, Xiaozhi Forensics Center, Yellow Basket
  • Consulting​: Accenture, Boston Consulting Group, DoSomething, EY, PwC (3)
  • Media​: Direc​TV, Netflix, Nielsen
  • Government​: NYC Department of Social Services, Office of the NYS Comptroller, United Nations
  • Healthcare​: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NYU Langone
  • Other: (includes Manufacturing, Marketing and Real Estate)​ Maison MRKT, Small real estate

Numbers:

  • Technology: 23.08% (Example Companies: Apple, Amazon, Intuit)
  • Financial: 8.79% (Example Companies: American Express, Paypal, KPMG)
  • Consumer Goods & Services: 7.69% (Example Companies: Chewy, PepsiCo, GrubHub)
  • Biotech & Health: 14.29% (Example Companies: Arcus Biosciences, GE HealthCare, CVS)
  • Media: 8.79% (Example Companies: Ticketmaster, NBCUniversal, A Round Entertainment)
  • Other: 38.46% (Example Companies: United Nations, GardenStar Group, Einride)
AY24-25-PhD Internship Stats

Numbers:

  • Technology: 82.61% (Example Companies: Amazon, Apple, Meta, Genentech)
  • Research: 17.39% (Example Companies: Allen Insittute for Artificail Intelligence (AI2), Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath), Microsoft Research)
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