Biomedical Imaging MS Program Statistics

Demographics, Completion Rates, and Career Outcomes

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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	Unknown

Job Functions Within Academia

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.

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.

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.
Healthcare Provider	Role where the primary responsibility is providing healthcare. Examples include doctor, nurse, medical residents, and veterinarian.
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.
Completing Education- Undergraduate/ Post-Baccalaureate	Pursuing education that usually results in graduation with conferment of an undergraduate or post-baccalaureate degree or certificate.

Unknown

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Demographics and Completion Rates

Enrollment Demographics (Academic Years 2015-2019)

Gender

	Headcount	Percent
TOTAL	97
Male	62	63.9%
Female	34	35.1%

Citizenship

	Headcount	Percent
TOTAL	97
USPR	73	75.3%
International	24	24.7%

URM

	Headcount	Percent
TOTAL	73
URM	10	13.7%
Non-URM	56	76.7%
Unknown	7	9.6%

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 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)

Completion Rates of Aggregated Cohort 2012-2019

All Students	Headcount	Percent
All Students	145	88.3%

Gender	Headcount	Percent
Female	54	88.9%
Male	90	87.8%

Citizenship	Headcount	Percent
International	46	84.8%
USPR	99	89.9%

URM	Headcount	Percent
URM	11	100.0%
Non-URM	77	88.3%

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 (2012 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
Academia	67.8% (59)
For-profit	10.3% (9)
Government	1.1% (1)
Non-profit	1.1% (1)
Unknown	19.5% (17)

Type

	Graduating Classes 2015-2019
Further training or education	41.1% (36)
Health or research related	39.1% (34)
Primarily teaching	1.1% (1)
Unknown	18.4% (16)

Job Function Within Academia


Research staff	35.6% (21)
Completing MD degree	27.1% (16)
Completing PhD degree	13.6% (8)
Completing other professional degree	4.5% (5)
Pursing professional degree	11.9% (7)
Other health or research related	11.9% (7)

There are 87 students in the Graduating Classes 2015-2019.

Career outcomes of Biomedical Imaging MS 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

Expand to view definitions for career Sector, Type and Job Function groupings

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