The MIT Doctoral Student Exit is administered on an ongoing basis to PhD/ScD recipients. Respondents are asked to rate their graduate program, to give details on their professional development, and to describe their plans after leaving MIT.
Note, graduating doctoral students may complete the survey at: http://web.mit.edu/surveys/grad/phdexit/
| Survey | Instrument | Response | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-on Doctoral Exit Survey | Survey Instrument PDF | 62% (AY2023) | 2013-on Combined Report |
| 2012 Doctoral Exit Survey | Web Preview | 76% | Highlights | Overall Report |
| 2011 Doctoral Exit Survey | 77% | Highlights | Overall Report | |
| 2010 Doctoral Exit Survey | 84% | Overall Report | |
| 2009 Doctoral Exit Survey | 54% | Overall Report | |
| 2005-2006 Graduate Student Exit Survey | Trend Report by Highest Degree: 2005-06 & 2006-07 |
Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
An external doctoral exit survey of note is the Survey of Earned Doctorates. It is an annual census of all research doctorate recipients in the United States. The SED has been continuously conducted since 1958. Government agencies and academic institutions use the SED results to make decisions regarding the funding of graduate education, the development of new programs, and support for existing ones.
You can find more information about the SED at https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvydoctorates/.
Graduating doctoral students may complete the survey at: https://sed-ncses.org