Global Health Sciences 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).
Academia-Non-profit Collaboration	Collaborative relationship between an academic institution and non-profit or NGO to accomplish global health scientific research, improvement of health-system quality and/or health policy and advocacy.
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), Departments of Health and Human Services.
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.
Other	Individuals who are unemployed, full-time caretaker or parent, on extended medical leave or employed at an organization not included in other options.
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	Unknown

Job Functions Within Academia

Definitions

Healthcare provider

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

Pursuing professional degree

Completing Further Education - MD	Pursuing additional education that usually results in graduation with conferment of an MD.
Completing Further Education - PhD	Pursuing additional education that usually results in graduation with conferment of a PhD in any discipline.
Completing Further Education - MD/PhD	Pursuing additional education that usually results in graduation with conferment of a MD and PhD.
Completing Further Education - Other Professional	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.

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.

Administration

Administrative-intensive roles. Examples include: Faculty affairs, graduate program administrators, human resources, academic admissions, career development offices, grant and contracts management, and research development.

Other health or research related

Business Development, Consulting, and Strategic Alliances	Role that involves the development, execution, management, or analysis of a business. Role may include relationship management, refinement of operational efficiency, or fee-based advisory services. Examples include management consultant, business development professional, market researcher, investment analyst, venture capitalist.
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.
Faculty: Nontenure Track	Leading an academic research team and ineligible for tenure. Examples include: Research assistant professor, research associate professor, research professor.
Faculty: Tenure Track Unclear or Not Applicable	Leading an academic research team at an institution where tenure is not granted or tenure status is unknown. For those tracking down alumni and binning them into job functions, whether someone is or is not on a tenure track is often not clear and should be sorted here.
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.
Part-time Teaching Staff (Adjunct)	Contingent teaching role that is contracted on a single-semester, short-term, or non-permanent basis with no research responsibilities. Examples include instructor, lecturer. Distinct from "Primarily teaching, faculty," these could include people teaching at multiple universities, indicating contingent status.
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.
Science Policy and Government Affairs	Role that involves policy or program development and review, including analysis, advisory, or advocacy. Examples include: program officer, public affairs or government affairs staff at scientific societies, foundations, government entities, or think tanks.

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Job Function Within Non-profit

Definitions

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.

Administration

Administrative-intensive roles. Examples include: Faculty affairs, graduate program administrators, human resources, academic admissions, career development offices, grant and contracts management, and research development.

Other health or research related

Business Development, Consulting, and Strategic Alliances	Role that involves the development, execution, management, or analysis of a business. Role may include relationship management, refinement of operational efficiency, or fee-based advisory services. Examples include management consultant, business development professional, market researcher, investment analyst, venture capitalist.
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.
Entrepreneurship	Founder, co-founder, CEO or other role that develops, manages, and provides/obtains capital to initiate a business or enterprise. This function does not include staff at a start-up business.
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.
Science Education and Outreach	Role that involves K-12 teaching or public outreach at a primary/secondary schools, science museum, scientific society, or similar. Examples include high school teacher, museum curriculum development, outreach program administrator.
Science Policy and Government Affairs	Role that involves policy or program development and review, including analysis, advisory, or advocacy. Examples include: program officer, public affairs or government affairs staff at scientific societies, foundations, government entities, or think tanks.
Science Writing and Communication	Role that involves the communication of health or science-related topics. Examples include science, medical, or technical writer, journalist, science editor, science publisher.

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Demographics and Completion Rates

Enrollment Demographics (Academic Years 2015-2019)

Gender

	Headcount	Percent
TOTAL	190
Male	40	21.1%
Female	150	78.9%

Citizenship

	Headcount	Percent
TOTAL	190
USPR	141	74.2%
International	49	25.8%

URM

	Headcount	Percent
TOTAL	141
URM	29	20.6%
Non-URM	103	73.0%
Unknown	9	6.4%

Enrollment Demographics presented of all students actively enrolled during the Academic Years 2015-2019.

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.

Underrepresented Minority (URM) Definition: US citizens and permanent residents who are African American/Black, American Indian, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, or Multiracial when one or more are from the preceding racial and ethnic categories.

Completion Rate

Outcome by 2-Year Entering Cohorts

2-Year Entering Cohorts	Earned Masters	No Degree
Cohort 2010-11	97.9 % (47)	2.1% (1)
Cohort 2012-13	93.5% (72)	6.5% (5)
Cohort 2014-15	92.9% (79)	7.1% (6)
Cohort 2016-17	94.4% (67)	5.6% (4)
Cohort 2018-19	92.0% (69)	8.0% (6)

Completion Rates of Aggregated Cohort 2010-2019

All Students	Headcount	Percent
All Students	356	93.8%

Gender	Headcount	Percent
Female	217	94.9%
Male	71	93.0%

Citizenship	Headcount	Percent
International	78	94.9%
USPR	210	94.3%

URM	Headcount	Percent
URM	42	90.5%
Non-URM	216	94.4%

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, citizenship status, and URM status are displayed only in aggregate (2010 to 2019), 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 2015-2019	Graduating Classes 2010-2014
Academia	63.7% (114)	60.6% (94)
Academia - Non-profit collaboration	1.7% (3)	1.3% (2)
For-profit	9.5% (17)	11.0% (17)
Government	4.5% (8)	3.9% (6)
Non-profit	10.6% (19)	7.1% (11)
Other	2.2% (4)	3.2% (5)
Unknown	7.8% (14)	12.9% (20)

Type

	Graduating Classes 2015-2019	Graduating Classes 2010-2014
Further training or education	33.0% (59)	29.0% (45)
Health or research related	53.1% (95)	56.8% (88)
Primarily teaching	1.1% (2)	1.3% (2)
Not related to health or research	5.0% (9)	0.6% (1)
Unknown	3.1% (4)	2.1% (2)

Job Function Within Academia

	Graduating Classes 2015-2019	Graduating Classes 2010-2014
Healthcare provider	15.9% (18)	43.6% (41)
Pursuing professional degree	40.7% (46)	20.2% (19)
Research staff	25.7% (29)	14.9% (14)
Administration	10.6% (12)	3.2% (3)
Other health or research related	6.2% (7)	18.1% (17)
Unknown	0.9% (1)	0.0% (0)

Job Function Within Non-profit

	Graduating Classes 2015-2019	Graduating Classes 2010-2014
Research staff	61.1% (11)	18.2% (2)
Administration	11.1% (2)	9.1% (1)
Other health or research related	22.2% (4)	72.7% (8)
Unknown	5.6% (1)	0.0% (0)

There are 179 students in the Graduating Classes 2015-2019.

There are 155 students in the Graduating Classes 2010-2014.

Career outcomes of Global Health Sciences MS Alumni presented by Sector, Career Type, and Job Functions within the Academia and Non-profit Sectors.

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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Global Health Sciences MS Program Statistics

Demographics, Completion Rates, and Career Outcomes

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