- Application Information
- FALL Preview
- The MS program
- The PhD program
- Coursework for MS and PhD students
- The Qualifying Exam (PhD)
- Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs)
- Research and Travel Funding
- Departmental Policies
- GeoClub
- Student Publications and Awards
- Resources for Graduate Students
- Graduate Program Statistics
- Professional Development
- Scholarships & Fellowships
A summary of the statistics for EARTH (PhD Program 2021):
Admissions – Number of applications = 139; Selectivity = 22% (offers made to 22% of the applicants); Yield = 65% (65% of students with offers matriculated)
Enrollment – 64 students; 34% international; 58% female; 62% of domestic students are white
Funding – 98% fully funded (tuition and stipend)
Five-year median time to degree – 4.9 years
2011–2015 degree completion rate – 80%
Career outcomes five years after graduation – tenure-track faculty = 33%; business/industry = 23%; training = 14%; non-tenure-track/researcher = 4%; other = 3%; unemployed = 1%; unknown = 21%
Rackham data and graphs
Rackham's Graduate Program Statistics provide the "basic statistics" of EARTH’s PhD program and other doctoral programs in the Rackham Graduate School (select the program in "Field of Study").
