Below is a description of the incoming graduate students for the 2022 PhD class
Prior Research Experience
100% have had a sustained research experience in a scientific laboratory
47% have published a scientific paper in a peer reviewed journal
42% have presented their work at a scientific meeting
53% have also spent a summer in a research program
Mean Months of Prior, Full‐Time Research Experience: 25
Education
31 different colleges are represented by the incoming PhD Class. Students come from throughout the United States having attended large research universities, and small liberal arts colleges
Undergraduate majors:
Biology (8), Neuroscience (3), Chemistry (2), Molecular Biology (2), Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (2), Animal Science, Biochemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Science, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Genetics, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Psychology
68% have a Bachelor of Science degree; 31% have a Bachelor of Arts degree
23% have a Master’s degree
Demographics
Demographics: 39% Female, 61% Male
Underrepresented minorities in the sciences: 16% of individuals have self-identified as belonging to groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences
Citizenship: 71% U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident, 29% Non-U.S. Citizen
U.S. students are come from New York (11), California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington
Non-U.S. students are come from China (2), India (2), Colombia, Greece, Mauritius, Peru and United Kingdom