2026 PhD Employment Report
About this report
The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) Career Development Office, as well as U-M Rackham, surveys our graduates to identify their post-graduation plans and outcomes. This report summarizes UMSI first-destination outcomes from 2025 Ph.D. graduates who completed the survey by the deadline or for whom a known outcome was reported in other ways. Of the 26 Ph.D. students who graduated in 2025, 100% responded to the survey or reported their outcome in other ways.
Top industries our graduates are working in
Academia: tenure-track and/or post-doc
Industry
Alternative academic/Alt-ac
Government
Where our graduates are working
Midwest
Northeast
West
South
International
2025 Job Outcomes
Job Title |
Org Name |
|---|---|
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
Delft University of Technology |
Assistant Professor |
Pratt Institute |
Assistant Professor |
Stony Brook University (SUNY) |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
Swarthmore College |
Assistant Professor |
University of Hawaii at Manoa |
Assistant Professor |
University of Indiana |
Assistant Professor |
University of Maine |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
University of Michigan |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
University of Michigan |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
University of Michigan |
Assistant Professor |
University of San Francisco |
Assistant Professor |
University of Washington |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
Vassar College |
Assistant Professor |
Wayne State University |
Assistant Professor |
Wayne State University |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Yale University |
Job Title |
Org Name |
|---|---|
Pilot Program Manager |
University of Michigan |
Research Science Lead |
University of Michigan |
Senior Research Associate |
University of Miami |
Job Title |
Org Name |
|---|---|
Spark!Lab Manager |
Smithsonian Institution |
Job Title |
Org Name |
|---|---|
Data Scientist |
Ford Motor Company |
Mixed Methods User Researcher |
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Scientific Editor |
JMIR Publications |
Senior Applied Scientist |
Microsoft |
Senior Cyber Operations Scientist |
MITRE |
Trust & Safety Operations Lead |
Mozilla |
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