Student Career & Professional Development: Career Information

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

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

2022-2023 Master's Alumni career information chart

2022-2023 Master’s Alumni

2022-2023 Master's Alumni career information chart

66.67% reported having a full-time job at the time of graduation. 

3.70% continued their education

Master’s Alumni Numbers:

  • Technology: 30%
  • Financial: 16.67%
  • Media & Entertainment: 10%
  • Academia: 6.67%
  • Biotech & Health: 3.33%
  • Other: 33.33%
2022-2023 PhD Alumni career information chart

2022-2023 PhD Alumni

76.47% had a full-time job at the time of graduation.

7.02% continued their education.

PhD Alumni Numbers:

  • Academia: 35.71%
  • Biotechnology: 14.29% 
  • Entrepreneurship: 7.14%
  • Finance: 14.29%
  • Pharmaceutical: 7.14%
  • Technology: 21.43%

Example Companies / Institutions

  • NYU Langone 
  • Stanford University
  • Genentech 
  • Merck
  • Meta 

Example Job Titles

  • Postdoctoral Researcher 
  • Assistant Professor 
  • Founder/CEO
  • AI Research Engineer 
  • Applied Scientist
2022-2023 Undergraduate Alumni career information chart

2022-2023 Undergraduate Alumni

Undergraduate Alumni Numbers:

  • Academia: 1.63%
  • Energy: 0.81%
  • Finance: 4.88%
  • Government: 0.81%
  • Healthcare: 3.25%
  • Hospitality: 1.63%
  • Manufacturing: 0.81%
  • Media: 0.81%
  • Technology: 2.44%
  • Graduate School: 13.82%

Companies by Sector

  • Academia: NYU
  • Energy: Safari Energy
  • Finance: Akuna Capital, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, Matrix Applications LLC, Vanguard 
  • Government: US Government
  • Healthcare: Autism Care Partners, Epic Systems, Progyny, Samsung Medical Center
  • Hospitality: Hilton Worldwide, Laasie
  • Manufacturing: Jabil Inc. 
  • Media: Qvest 
  • Technology: Accenture, Bloomberg, Go Daddy 
  • Graduate School: NYU, Columbia University, Cornell University, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington 

Examples of Titles

  • Analyst
  • Customer Success Associate
  • Data Engineer
  • Data Scientist
  • Software Engineer
  • Systems Engineer

Internships by Sector

  • Finance
  • Technology
  • Non-Profit
  • Aerospace & Defense
  • Media
  • Cloud software
  • E-commerce
  • Fashion
  • Healthcare
  • Information Technology
  • Market Research
  • Social Media
  • Telecommunications

Internship

2022-2023 Master's Internship career information chart

2022-2023 Master’s Internship

Master’s Internship Numbers:

  • Technology: 34.34% | Example Companies: Medidata, Panasonic, Hewlett Packard
  • Financial: 20.20% | Example Companies: PayPal, Citigroup, American Express
  • BioTech & Health: 7.07% | Example Companies: CVS Health/Aetna, AstraZeneca, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Media: 6.06% | Example Companies: Spotify, NBCUniversal
  • Other: 32.33% | Example Companies: Nike, McKinsey & Co., Expedia Group
2022-2023 PhD Internship career information chart

2022-2023 PhD Internship

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

PhD Internship Numbers:

  • Technology: 26.09% | Example Companies: Meta, Google, NVIDIA, Grammarly, Uber
  • BioTech & Health: 4.35% | Example Companies: Insitro, Philips Research North America
  • Research: 4.35% | Example Companies: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Brookhaven Lab
  • Talent Services: 4.35% | Example Companies: Aquent, Insight Global LLC
  • Finance: 2.17% | Example Companies: Balyasny Asset Management
  • Media: 2.17% | Example Companies: Netflix
2022-2023 Undergraduate Internship career information chart

2022-2023 Undergraduate Internship

Undergraduate Internship Numbers:

  • Finance: 30.77% | Example Companies: American Express, China Securities Co. Ltd, Goldman Sachs, Hudson River Trading, International Data Corporation, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., KPMG, Mercer, Morningstar, RMDS Lab, South Street Securities
  • Technology: 28.21% | Example Companies: Accenture, Alibaba Group, Amazon, Crestron Electronics, Endless Frontier Labs, Feels App, GoDaddy, Lexisnexis Risk Solutions, Meta Platforms, Inc., Microsoft, Samsung, ThoughtWorks, TikTok (ByteDance Inc.)
  • Non-Profit: 10.26% | Example Companies: Clooney Foundation for Justice, Creative Time, International Studio and Curatorial Program, Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Aerospace & Defense: 5.13% | Example Companies: Northrop Grumman, Triple Canopy
  • Media: 5.13% | Example Companies: Rappler News, Warner Music Group
  • Cloud software: 2.56% | Example Companies: Braze Inc.
  • E-commerce: 2.56% | Example Companies: eBay
  • Fashion: 2.56% | Example Companies: ALLISON New York
  • Healthcare: 2.56% | Example Companies: Gyeongsang National University Hospital
  • Information Technology: 2.56% | Example Companies: Statista
  • Market Research: 2.56% | Example Companies: Ipsos
  • Social Media: 2.56% | Example Companies: The Scene NY
  • Telecommunications: 2.56% | Example Companies: Taiwan Mobile x NVIDIA
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