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What Rockefeller grads actually do

Based on 122 notable Rockefeller alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

researcher
36
university teacher
36
biologist
29
neuroscientist
23
biochemist
12
geneticist
12
physician
10
immunologist
8
neurologist
7
physicist
6
psychologist
6
microbiologist
5

Notable Rockefeller alumni

Ralph Steinman
Ralph Steinman
physician · professor
Peter Walter
Peter Walter
biophysicist · university teacher
Robert Sapolsky
Robert Sapolsky
writer · neurologist
David Baltimore
David Baltimore
geneticist · microbiologist
David J. Anderson
David J. Anderson
neuroscientist · neurobiologist
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich
peace activist · author
Gerald Edelman
Gerald Edelman
neurologist · neuroscientist
Seth Lloyd
Seth Lloyd
non-fiction writer · engineer

Salary outlook for top Rockefeller career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

researcher
10th–90th percentile: $59,010$158,160
$95,890
median / yr
biologist
10th–90th percentile: $52,230$158,730
$91,100
median / yr
physicist
10th–90th percentile: $80,950$232,940
$155,680
median / yr
psychologist
10th–90th percentile: $48,820$168,870
$96,100
median / yr

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About Rockefeller

The Rockefeller University is a private biomedical research and graduate-only university in New York City, United States. It focuses primarily on the biological and medical sciences and provides doctoral and postdoctoral education. It is classified as a "Special Focus – Research Institution". Rockefeller is the oldest biomedical research institute in the United States. The university is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, between 63rd and 68th streets on York Avenue. Richard P. Lifton became the university's eleventh president on September 1, 2016. The Rockefeller University Press publishes the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the Journal of Cell Biology, and The Journal of General Physiology. In 2018, the faculty included 82 tenured and tenure-track members, including 37 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 17 members of the National Academy of Medicine, seven Lasker Award recipients, and five Nobel laureates. As of March 2022, a total of 26 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Rockefeller University.

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