First Year Physics Graduate Students: Characteristics and Background

First Year Physics Graduate Students: Characteristics and Background

Data from the 2007-2008 and 2009-2010 Graduate Student Surveys

Patrick Mulvey and Starr Nicholson

 Characteristics and BackgroundThis report presents the educational background and characteristics of first-year graduate students at U.S. physics departments.   This findings in this report come from the AIP  2008 and 2010 surveys of First-Year Graduate Students.

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