| Total number of students | 55 | 85 | ||||
| Number of Ph.D. recipients | 41 | (75%) | 61 | (72%) | ||
| Number receiving terminal Master's | 7 | (13%) | 10 | (12%) | ||
| Number leaving with no degree | 3 | (5%) | 9 | (11%) | ||
| Number still in the program | 4 | (7%) | 4 | (5%) | ||
| Post-Doctoral fellowship | 20 | (49%) | 24 | (39%) | ||
| Faculty, research university | 5 | (12%) | 4 | (7%) | ||
| Faculty, small college | 1 | (2%) | 5 | (8%) | ||
| Observatory or laboratory staff | 8 | (20%) | 9 | (15%) | ||
| Soft-money support | 3 | (7%) | 7 | (11%) | ||
| Industry | 4 | (10%) | 5 | (8%) | ||
| Foreign Academia/Labs | 0 | (0%) | 6 | (10%) | ||
| Other/unemployed | 0 | (0%) | 1 | (2%) | ||