<p>What percentage of students graduating with a bachelor's degree from MIT go on to get a master's or PhD? I have not been able to locate that information anywhere.</p>
<p>I just found an answer to my question. Last year, 40% of MIT grads went on to graduate school. 49% found jobs. That leaves 11% with no job. What are the job prospects for a new graduate with a BS in Chemistry? A friend has a son who is graduating from MIT in May, but he has no plans to get a graduate degree.</p>
<p>Over time, the actual numbers become something more like 75-80% of MIT grads go on to graduate or professional programs – many people take time off or go to work immediately after graduation, then end up back in school a few years later. </p>
<p>It’s certainly possible to get a job in chemistry with only an SB (as, e.g., a laboratory technician), and always possible to get a job outside chemistry (banking/consulting/etc.). Most career paths within chemistry require a PhD, so if this person wants to remain in the field, he will eventually have to go back to school, but that’s certainly not a decision that must be made right now.</p>
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<p>That doesn’t mean anything. People could be taking off to study for the MCATs, volunteering in a hospital or a lab (the latter of which I did), or on a trip to Europe or something.<br>
I suspect a big chunk of that 11% were not in grad school and were not working by choice.</p>
<p>It is unclear whether the 11% who did not go on to work or to graduate school did this by choice.</p>
<p>I was pleasantly surprised to hear that 49% of the graduates of UMBC (U of MD Baltimore County) go on to graduate school once they get their degree. It is the #1 up and coming university for the second year in a row according to US News and World Report.</p>
<p>All of my graduating friends who were looking for jobs found jobs, and all of my graduating friends who were looking to get into grad school got into grad school. Several of them decided to not look for jobs and traveled instead.</p>
<p>I’d be more interested to see what grad schools different graduates got into, rather than the raw numbers. A high proportion of MIT grads get into tippy-top grad programs - I don’t know if the same is true for other schools, regardless of what US News and World Report says.</p>