Young Scientists’ Night (YSN) is an annual networking event for young generations young professionals hosted by Korean-American Scientists Engineers Association (KSEA) New York Metropolitan Chapter, 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
Our goal is to bridge people, ideas, opportunities to inspire new collaboration.
YSN Participants Demographic Data
U.S. Doctorate Data — 2026
Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), 2024 cohort
Job Area
Academia 39.6%
Industry / Business 40.4%
Government 7.6%
Nonprofit 6.5%
Other / Not reported 6.0%
Degree Field
Science & Engineering 79.8%
Non-S&E Fields 20.2%
58,131 research doctorates
Major
Engineering 18.1%
Biological & Biomedical 16.8%
Physical Sciences 9.2%
Social Sciences 8.8%
Psychology 6.8%
Other Fields 40.3%
Source: National Center for Science Engineering Statistics (NCSES),
U.S. National Science Foundation, Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), 2024.
Report NSF 26-315, published March 13, 2026.
Job Area percentages are calculated from 20,469 U.S. non-postdoc employment commitments.