Where tomorrow’s scientists prefer to live − and where they’d rather not

Many students have strong feelings about where they want to move after graduation. Tony Garcia/Stone via Getty Images

Graduate students interested in an academic career after graduation day have often been told they need to be open to moving somewhere they may not want to live. This advice is because of how hard it is to get a tenure-track professor position.

These days, this advice may be less relevant as graduate students are increasingly pursuing and ending up in careers outside of academia.