2019 acs graduate Student Survey Report

Number of years enrolled in your current degree program (N=2,543)
 Doctoral degree students (n=2,336)
One year 
27.7
Two years 
19.3
Three years 
20.9
Four years 
19.3
Five years 
8.3
Six years 
2.8
Seven or more years 
1.6
 Master’s degree students (n=207)
One year 
59.4
Two years 
24.2
Note: The data in this table represent the valid percentage of respondents for each question. Percentages may not sum to 
100 due to rounding.
§ “Other” fields of study (asked as an open-ended response option in this survey question) include: astrochemistry; atmos-
pheric, catalytic, clinical, cosmetic, and supramolecular chemistry; biotechnology; chemical oceanography; environmental 
science; marine natural products; engineering management; molecular biology; natural products; neuroscience; pharmaceu-
tical sciences; synthetic biology; and toxicology.
Table D.1. (continued), Demographic Description of the Sample

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Survey Item  Percentage Marking Each Response
Master’s degree students (continued)
Three years 
8.2
Four years 
1.0
Five or more years 
7.2
Years of graduate study needed to complete your… (N=2,608)
Doctoral degree students: Doctoral degree (n=2,400)
Less than one year 
11.8
One year 
21.6
Two years 
21.0
Three years 
18.9
Four years 
17.5
Five years 
8.1
Six or more years 
1.0
Master’s degree students: Master’s degree (n=208)
Less than one year 
38.9
One year 
38.5
Two years 
14.9
Three years 
5.8
Four or more years 
1.9
Asked of doctoral students only: Do you plan to do a postdoctoral