Table 6.
Graduation outcomes and ultimate career goals
| Biomedical Ph.D. | Medical doctor | Allied health doctorate | Other allied health worker | Biomedical technician | Other field | Other Ph.D.s | Undecided | Total (n) | Total % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduated in a biology major (p = 0.001) (%) | 100 | 88 | 100 | 67 | 93 | 43 | 9 | 33 | 145 | 72 |
| Graduated in a biology major/GPA ≥3.0 (p = 0.01) (%) | 79 | 64 | 86 | 38 | 57 | 21 | 9 | 33 | 102 | 51 |
| Cumulative UCD GPA (p = 0.01) | 3.36 | 3.28 | 3.30 | 3.04 | 3.09 | 3.07 | 3.22 | 3.24 | 3.20 | |
| Total (n) | 24 | 66 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 42 | 11 | 9 | 201 | 100% |
The choice of a biomedical career is strongly associated with completing a biology major. All biomedical Ph.D.s and allied health doctors and most of the biomedical technicians graduated with biology majors. The relatively lower GPA of the biomedical technicians and those in the other field could have been a limiting factor for applying to graduate school.