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Investigating the alternatives

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Fewer than half of doctoral graduates head for a career in academic research. But the range of valuable skills learned is increasingly being put to good use elsewhere, with a growth in opportunities in industry and business.

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Figure 1: Sector of employment of doctoral scientists taken from the NSF Division of Science Resources Studies report, Characteristics of doctoral scientists and engineers in the United States, compiled from the Survey of Doctoral Recipients from 1995.

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Phillips, H. Investigating the alternatives. Nature 393, 493–494 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/31021

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