At what age did you obtain/ plan to obtain Ph.d.

[causalset]

To those of you in physics, what age did you obtain ph.d. ? And to those of you who didn't get ph.d. yet, what age do you anticipate in getting it?

 

[Norman]

I was 28 when I obtained mine.

You do know that the AIP keeps statistics on this for physics PhDs right?

 

[causalset]

I was 28 when I obtained mine.

You do know that the AIP keeps statistics on this for physics PhDs right?

I didn't know about it. Can you give me a link?

 

[Bradwast88]

I think it's better to get as soon as possible

 

[Zubin]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=aip+physics+phd"

 

[causalset]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=aip+physics+phd"

Well, google search gives all sorts of things, and when I looked none of them gave me the age statistics I was looking for.

 

[DarrenM]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=aip+physics+phd"

That's not necessary, or helpful.

http://www.aip.org/statistics/

There's the AIP statistics page, but I didn't see anything about ages. It's possible you can dig something up on that site with the search function, though. At least it's a place to start.

 

[Raghnar]

That's not necessary, or helpful.

http://www.aip.org/statistics/

There's the AIP statistics page, but I didn't see anything about ages. It's possible you can dig something up on that site with the search function, though. At least it's a place to start.

Only that
http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/highlite/emp/figure14.htm

Helpful site though, if I confront the medium salaries of Ph.D graduates with ones from Italy I get depressed :(

Anyway I plan to finish as 26/27 years old (depending on when will be the examination. In fact I get the grant to the day before my 27 birthday, but I cannot decide the examination day! ;) Could be a couple of month before or a couple months later... )

 

[Ryker]

How are PhD's that finished their studies at ages around 35 viewed upon by potential employers/academia? Are some of the doors closed due to one's age or at least significantly harder to crack open?