WVU English Department PhD Placement Statistics:

Past Fourteen Years:

  • Tenure Track Jobs: 30 (71%)
  • Full-time Adjunct or Visiting Positions: 2 (5%)
  • Administration: 5 (12%)
  • Alternate Career: 3 (7%)
  • Part Time Adjunct: 2 (5%)

By Year:

  • 1996 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs: 2 (100%)
  • 1997 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs: 1 (33.3%)
    • Full-time Adjunct or Visiting: 1 (33.3%)
    • Alternate Career: 1 (medicine) (33.3%)
  • 1998 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs: 3 (100%)
  • 1999 Graduates:
    • none
  • 2000 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs: 1 (33.3%)
    • Full-time Adjunct or Visiting: 1 (33.3%)
    • Administration: 1 (33.3%)
  • 2001 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs: 4 (100%)
  • 2002 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs : 1 (50%)
    • Administration: 1 (50%)
  • 2003 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs: 5 (100%)
  • 2004 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs: 1 (100%)
  • 2005 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs: 3 (100%)
  • 2006 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs: 4(100%)
  • 2007 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs: 1 (33%)
    • Administration: 1 (33%)
    • Alternate Career: 1 (33%)
  • 2008 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs: 3 (75%)
    • Administration: 1 (25%)
  • 2009 Graduates:
    • Tenure Track Jobs: 1 (25%)
    • Alternate Career (Editing): 1 (25%)
    • Part Time Adjunct: 2 (50%)

Last Updated: November 16, 2009