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*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
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
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
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
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
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
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