Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of interview participants and overall alumni population
| Interviewed alumni | Alumni population | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Number (n = 27) | Percent | Number (n = 211) | Percent |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 18 | 67 | 152 | 72 |
| Male | 9 | 33 | 59 | 28 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White | 19 | 70 | 144 | 68 |
| Asian | 5 | 19 | 32 | 15 |
| Black/Hispanic/Other (combined due to small numbers among those interviewed) | 3 | 11 | 33 | 16 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Current career sector | ||||
| Government | 9 | 33 | 103 | 50 |
| Academic | 9 | 33 | 54 | 26 |
| Private industry/other | 9 | 33 | 49 | 24 |
| Scientific discipline (of PhD degree) | ||||
| Laboratory-focused (bench) science | 14 | 52 | 61 | 29 |
| Clinical | 5 | 19 | 45 | 21 |
| Epidemiology/public health/biostatistics | 3 | 11 | 49 | 23 |
| Social and behavioral sciences | 3 | 11 | 33 | 16 |
| Other | 2 | 7 | 23 | 11 |
| Program entry date | ||||
| 1985–1989 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
| 1990–1994 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 16 |
| 1995–1999 | 7 | 26 | 42 | 20 |
| 2000–2004 | 11 | 41 | 74 | 35 |
| 2005–2009 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 21 |
| 2010–2012 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |