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Microsoft Word - one year later v15 A publication of the AIP Statistical Research Center stats@aip.org August 2019 301.209.3070 Physics Doctorates: One Year After Degree Data from the degree recipient follow-up survey for the classes of 2015 and 2016 Patrick Mulvey and Jack Pold We classify the first post-degree job of new physics PhDs into three main categories: potentially permanent positions, p. [...] This decline in the proportion accepting postdocs, 67% in 2004 to 45% for the class of 2016, has been offset by an increase in the fraction of new PhDs accepting potentially permanent positions. [...] The data used for tables and figures in this focus on include physics PhDs who received their PhD from a US institution and were still residing in the US in the winter following the academic year in which they received their degree. [...] Figure 2 3 Survey Methodology Each fall the Statistical Research Center conducts a Survey of Enrollments and Degrees, which asks all degree-granting physics and astronomy departments in the US to provide information concerning the number of students they have enrolled and counts of recent degree recipients. [...] The information obtained from the advisors is limited to citizenship, gender, employment status, sector of employment, location (in or out of the US), and subfield of dissertation for the PhDs.