Biomedical Imaging MS Program Statistics

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Sector	Definition
Academia	Any academic institution including K-12 institutions, colleges, universities, some medical centers, or free-standing research institutions where training occurs. Also includes collaborations between biotechnology and academic institutions (e.g technology transfer, clinical trials or laboratories sponsored by for-profit companies).
Government	Any organization operated by federal, state, local or foreign governments. Examples include Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), trade commissions, and research institutes and government labs.
For-Profit	Any organization that operates to make a profit, including some industry research.
Nonprofit	Any non-governmental organization that does not operate to make a profit. Includes K-12 institutions.
Unknown	Unknown

Career Type	Definition
Health or Research Related	Career that is relevant to the conduct of scientific research and/or health systems. Includes the conduct and oversight of scientific research, and direct/indirect patient care. Includes academic faculty titles at R1-R3 institutions as identified through Carnegie classifications.
Not Related to Health or Research	Career that is not directly relevant to the conduct of scientific research and/or health systems
Primarily Teaching	The primary, although not necessarily the only, focus is education and teaching. Includes academic faculty at all other institutions.
Further Training or Education	Temporary training position. Examples include: postdoctoral research, completing medical residency, or pursuing an additional degree.
Unknown or Umemployed	Unknown, employed, deceased or retired.

Job Functions Within Academia

Definitions

Pursuing Professional Degree

Completing MD degree	Pursuing additional education that usually results in graduation with conferment of an MD.
Completing PhD degree	Pursuing additional education that usually results in graduation with conferment of a PhD in any discipline.
Completing MD/PhD degree	Pursuing additional education that usually results in graduation with conferment of a MD and PhD.
Completing other professional degree	Pursuing additional education that usually results in graduation with conferment of any other professional degrees. Examples include PharmD, DDS, JD or other post-graduate degree.

Heathcare Provider

Role where the primary responsibility is providing healthcare. Examples include doctor, nurse, medical residents, and veterinarian.

Research staff

Clinical Research Management	Role that is responsible for the oversight, management, or design of clinical research trials. Examples include clinical research project/trials manager or coordinator.
Epidemiology or Public Health Research	Role that involves planning and directing studies to find ways to prevent and treat public health problem, including the collection and analysis of data to find the causes of diseases and other health problems. Role may include the management of public health programs and seeking ways to improve them.
Postdoctoral (Research)	Temporary mentored training position in scientific research environment following completion of doctoral degree.
Research Staff or Technical Director	Role that directly involves performing or managing research. Examples include research staff, staff scientists, lab/core managers, directors of research facilities, public health analyst, and epidemiologists.

Other health or research related

Clinical Services	Role that involves that administration of clinical services or research. Includes roles that support indirect patient care. Examples include: genetics counselor, testing specialist, clinical laboratory staff.
Data Science, Analytics, and Software Engineering	Role that may combine programming, analytics, advanced statistics, data communication, and/or software development.
Full-time Teaching Staff (Instructor/Lecturer)	Full-time institutionalized teaching position with no research responsibilities. Examples include Instructor, Lecturer. Distinct from "Primarily teaching, faculty," these are people teaching at a single university without a faculty appointment.
Health Systems Management and Quality Improvement	Role that involves the study of the performance of health systems and creation of new models of care delivery to improve the quality, equity and cost-effectiveness of healthcare at all levels.
Regulatory Affairs	Role that involves controlling or evaluating the safety and efficacy of products in areas including pharmaceuticals, medicines, and devices. Examples include institutional regulatory affairs professional, quality control specialist, compliance officer.
Technical Support and Product Development	Role that requires specialized technical knowledge of a science-related product. Examples include technical support specialist, field application specialist, product development scientist or engineer.

Unknown or Unemployed

Unknown, unemployed, deceased or retired.

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Demographics and Completion Rates

Enrollment Demographics (Academic Years 2016-2025)

Gender

	Academic Years 2016-2020	Academic Years 2021-2025	All
Headcount	96	46	142
Male	65.6% (63)	45.7% (21)	59.2% (84)
Female	33.3% (32)	52.2% (24)	39.4% (56)
Non-Binary	1.0% (1)	2.2% (1)	0.7% (1)
Unknown	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.7% (1)

Citizenship

	Academic Years 2016-2020	Academic Years 2021-2025	All
Headcount	96	46	142
USPR	78.1% (75)	69.6% (32)	75.4% (107)
International	21.9% (21)	30.4% (14)	24.6% (35)

Enrollment Demographics presented of all students actively enrolled during the Academic Years 2016-2025.

International Student Definition: A person who is not a citizen, national, or resident alien of the United States. US citizens and permanent residents are labeled as USPR.

Completion Rate

Outcome by 2-Year Entering Cohorts

2-Year Entering Cohorts	Earned Masters	No Degree
Cohort 2012-13	86.7% (26)	13.3% (4)
Cohort 2014-15	84.2% (32)	15.8% (6)
Cohort 2016-17	95.0% (38)	5.0% (2)
Cohort 2018-19	86.5% (32)	13.5% (5)
Cohort 2020-21	82.1% (23)	17.9% (5)
Cohort 2022-23	89.5% (17)	10.5% (2)

Completion Rates of Aggregated Cohort 2012-2019

All Students	Headcount	Percent
All Students	192	88.3%

Gender	Headcount	Percent
Female	73	90.4%
Male	118	85.6%

Citizenship	Headcount	Percent
International	56	85.7%
USPR	136	88.2%

Entry Cohort Definition: All students who started the program in a given academic year.

Two years of data are rolled into each chart bar to generate a sufficient sample size for data reporting and presentation purposes.

Completion Rate Definition: The percentage of students in the cohort who earned a Master's degree.

Data relating to gender and citizenship status are displayed only in aggregate (2012 to 2023), due to the small number of students in some programs.

No data are displayed when the number of students in the sample is less than five to preserve student anonymity.

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Career Outcomes by Five-Year Aggregates

Sector

	Graduating Classes 2019-2023	Graduating Classes 2014-2018
Academia	60.3% (38)	64.4% (47)
For-profit	71.5% (11)	19.2% (14)
Government, Non-profit, or Other	7.9% (5)	6.8% (5)
Unknown or Unemployed	14.3% (9)	9.6% (7)

Type

	Graduating Classes 2019-2023	Graduating Classes 2014-2018
Health or research related	46.0% (29)	47.9% (35)
Further training or education	34.9% (22)	39.7% (29)
Primarily Teaching	1.6% (1)	0.0% (0)
Not related to health or research	3.2% (2)	4.1% (3)
Unknown or Unemployed	14.3% (9)	8.2% (6)

Job Function Within Academia

	Graduating Classes 2019-2023	Graduating Classes 2014-2018
Pursuing Professional Degree	55.3% (21)	14.9% (7)
Healthcare Provider	2.6% (1)	53.2% (25)
Research Staff	36.8% (14)	14.9% (7)
Other health or research related	5.3% (2)	17.0% (8)

There are 73 students in the Graduating Classes 2014-2018.

There are 63 students in the Graduating Classes 2019-2023.

Career outcomes of Masters of Science in Biomedical Imaging Alumni presented by Sector, Career Type, and Job Functions within the Academia Sector.

Why 5-Year Aggregates?

To ensure anonymity: Our Master's programs have relatively small numbers of graduates in a given year. Individual student outcomes would be identifiable if the data were disaggregated by both year and program.

The data are more meaningful: Master's students do not move through their programs in true cohorts; instead, they may graduate at different times. Grouping graduates over 5-year periods means that idiosyncratic outcomes are reflected only in the context of more typical outcomes, giving prospective grads a more realistic picture of their own possible career trajectories.

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Biomedical Imaging MS Program Statistics

Demographics, Completion Rates, and Career Outcomes

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