TABLE 2—

Public Health Doctoral Recipients’ Employment Plans, by Public Health Discipline: United States, 2003–2015

		Academic Employment, %	Non-Academic Employment, %
Discipline	Academic Employment, %	Government	Nonprofit	For-Profit	Other	Negotiating Employment, %	Seeking Employment, %	No Work Plans, %
Biostatistics	37.7	6.9	3.5	20.4	2.4	11.5	14.9	2.4
Environmental health sciences	32.9	19.0	3.3	7.8	2.2	10.5	20.8	2.2
Epidemiology	35.8	15.7	5.6	6.6	3.9	12.3	15.7	3.9
Health services administration	29.8	9.8	12.5	9.7	3.7	11.8	17.5	3.7
General public health	34.3	11.7	6.7	4.5	3.2	11.8	22.9	3.2

Note. The sample size was n = 10 479. Statistical test: χ² analysis, P < .01.