我发现博士毕业到大学当老师的多，硕士毕业到业界工作的多！！！

centennial

是不是博士毕业到业界如投行，或者证券公司比较难呢？

julia_722

应该不是吧，但是你读博士主要目的不就是为了做研究吗？

liu_9000

非常正确.

美国用博士最多的地方就是学校.

但想想回国多风光呀...留美博士...

就是钱不多

lesliejy

No, some first tier ibanking firms only recruit qualified PhD candidates to their research department. Besides, the PhD(Finance) graduated from the top US universities can earn over $200,000 p.a. That's why so many talented Chinese, who has already completed their Phd in Physics or Maths,  will choose to pursue the second PhD in Finance. The bad news is, because so many potential PhD applicants have exceptional merits such as having got a PhD with strong quantitative subject, that it makes the PhD application even more difficult....

funnytiger

haha, Biz PHD is totally different from Math, Physics PHD. The higher the school ranks, the bigger the difference it is. Many people know a PHD here and there, but few knows it is all about supply and demand.

In Biz and law field, a professor's salary is for decoration(they are the highest paid professors anyway), that is to pay regular bills. The major money is made out of school. Same applies to very famous Math and Physics Professors as well. But in law and Biz, it is much easier, because you don't rely on national research fundings that much.

In Berkeley, we have a professor making 1.5 million a year, but he still teaches, because the professor title is one of the keys why he made so much money. And he is not even a famous professor.

XiaoxiaoYY

Funnytiger,

For PhD in accounting, besides being a faculty, what else can they do at the same time? As you said, for finance professors, they can do consulting for companies. How about accounting professors?

littlebug

the objetive of phd program is to train researchers and teachers.

freegirl

Funnytiger,

For PhD in accounting, besides being a faculty, what else can they do at the same time? As you said, for finance professors, they can do consulting for companies. How about accounting professors?

Funnytiger, I have the same question as XiaoxiaoYY.

funnytiger

an average accounting professor at Haas does indpendent consulting on tax and accounting issues. for example, IRS auditted a company in San francisco and pointed out that the company is faking its tax return. usually the company will hire independent consultant to prove that they are clean. the hiring rate is from 200.00 per hour to 500.00 per hour depends on the company's size. In some other cases, there are different accounting make-over for balance sheet as well. Many of these accounting professors are partners in big accounting firms

freegirl

Funnytiger, I know I can always count on you! Many thanks!