Fig 1.
Flowchart of data collection from SFSU and CSULA.
Table 1.
Demographics of MS students by university (SFSU or CSULA).
Table 2.
Proportion of SFSU students from each GPA group entering a doctoral program.
Table 3.
Proportion of CSULA students from each GPA group entering a doctoral program.
Fig 2.
Proportion of SFSU or CSULA students from each GPA group entering a doctoral program. Solid bars represent students entering. Striped bars represent the remainder of students. Total sample sizes are noted above the bars, in parentheses.
Table 4.
Proportion of all students from their own or other institutions entering a doctoral program.
Table 5.
Proportion of SFSU students from each GPA group completing a doctoral program.
Table 6.
Proportion of CSULA students from each GPA group completing a doctoral program.
Fig 3.
Proportion of SFSU or CSULA students from each GPA group completing a doctoral program. Solid bars represent doctoral programs; striped bars represent incompletes (students in progress are not included here). Total sample sizes are noted above the bars, in parentheses. The white asterisk represents a significant difference from the respective Low GPA group (P = 0.04).
Table 7.
Proportion of students from their own or other institutions completing, or still in (“in progress”), a doctoral program.
Table 8.
Likelihood of being on track to complete a PhD degree for each undergraduate group.
Table 10.
Average time for CSULA students from each GPA group to complete a doctoral program.
Table 11.
Average time for all MS students to complete a doctoral program.
Table 9.
Average time for SFSU students from each GPA group to complete a doctoral program.
Fig 4.
Average time for SFSU or CSULA students from each GPA group to complete a doctoral program.
Total sample sizes are noted above the bars in parentheses. Error bars are standard errors of the mean.
Fig 5.
Number of MS students in the Department of Biology at SFSU over 4 decades from 1980-2019, sorted by self-reported race.
Diversity training grants are noted by $$ symbols, based on amount of funding. Grants received are listed chronologically as: (i) NIH Bridge to Doctorate, (ii) Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN), (iii) NIH RISE (graduate portion), (iv) NSF LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate, (v) NSF Science Technology award for the Center for Cellular Construction, and (vi) Genentech Foundation Scholars Program. “UR” (under-represented) represents Native American, African American, Hispanic American, and Pacific Islanders together, as defined by the NIH. “Asian” represents Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and includes South Asian. “Other” represents groups such as white/Caucasian, Middle Eastern, Northern African, and non-disclosed.