Obtaining a PhD degree pays off
Pursuing PhD degree after graduation pays off. PhDs are more likely to have a full-time job than ordinary university graduates. They also work on higher professional levels than non doctoral academics more often, research by the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) shows.
More than 80 percent of the PhDs has a profession on a scientific level, against more than half of all non doctoral academics. PhDs are, for example, relatively more often physician, (assistant) professor or researcher.
More than nine out of ten PhDs are among the working population. Compared to non-doctoral academics their employment rate is slightly higher. They also work full time more often, representing 74 to 68 percent.
In some respects, it makes no difference for working academics to have a PhD degree or not. In both groups about three quarters has a permanent job position and one out of five is self employed.
