Genetics & Genomics Graduate Program Data
Our program has a low attrition rate and the average time to Ph.D. degree is around 5.5 years.
![Three demographic charts. Full text version follows.](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/styles/scaled_image_without_crop/public/2023-12/demographics_new.png?itok=l_4AQx_K)
Our graduates have gone on to build successful careers. This chart shows the positions held in 2023 by students who graduated between 2019-2023 and all students who graduated from the program to date. In the past 5 years, most of our graduates continued to postdoctoral positions in academia and industry. Overall, most of our alumni are using their training in their current positions.
![Two pie charts showing positions held in 2023 by Genetics and Genomics program students from 2019 to 2023, and another showing the same for all students to date](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/styles/scaled_image_without_crop/public/2023-12/genetics-and-genomics-outcomes.png?itok=m0em_OWP)