Table 50. Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health, by citizenship, ethnicity, race, origin of doctoral degree, and field: 2012 |
Science and engineering | Health | ||||||
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Characteristic | All science, engineering, and health |
Total | Science | Engineering | Total | Clinical medicinea | Other health |
Total | 62,851 | 43,841 | 36,738 | 7,103 | 19,010 | 16,361 | 2,649 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsb | 29,864 | 20,214 | 17,476 | 2,738 | 9,650 | 8,249 | 1,401 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1,351 | 862 | 750 | 112 | 489 | 413 | 76 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | |||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 85 | 51 | 48 | 3 | 34 | 26 | 8 |
Asian | 5,367 | 3,330 | 2,736 | 594 | 2,037 | 1,786 | 251 |
Black or African American | 1,104 | 615 | 544 | 71 | 489 | 418 | 71 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 99 | 63 | 61 | 2 | 36 | 31 | 5 |
White | 17,280 | 11,835 | 10,510 | 1,325 | 5,445 | 4,600 | 845 |
More than one race | 186 | 112 | 96 | 16 | 74 | 69 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 4,392 | 3,346 | 2,731 | 615 | 1,046 | 906 | 140 |
Temporary visa holders | 32,987 | 23,627 | 19,262 | 4,365 | 9,360 | 8,112 | 1,248 |
Origin of doctoral degreec | |||||||
United Statesd | 23,248 | 16,326 | 13,910 | 2,416 | 6,922 | 5,991 | 931 |
Foreign country | 18,159 | 12,350 | 10,660 | 1,690 | 5,809 | 5,218 | 591 |
Unknown degree origin | 21,444 | 15,165 | 12,168 | 2,997 | 6,279 | 5,152 | 1,127 |
a Clinical medicine includes postdoctoral appointees in anesthesiology, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology and cancer research, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, pediatrics, preventive medicine and community health, psychiatry, pulmonary disease, radiology, surgery, and clinical medicine, not elsewhere classified. |
b Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. |
c Doctoral degree = PhD, ScD, DEng, etc.; professional degree = MD, DVM, DO, DDS, etc.; dual degree = both professional and doctoral degrees (MD-PhD, DVM-PhD, etc.). |
d United States includes Puerto Rico and U.S. territories. |
NOTES: “Field” refers to the field of the unit that reports postdocs to the GSS. |
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2012. |
Data from survey cycle Fall 2012, as of December 2013. |