nsf.gov - Table 47 - NCSES Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: 2013

		U.S. citizens and permanent residents				Temporary visa holders
Field	Total	Doctoral degree^a	Professional degree^a	Dual degree^a	Doctoral degree type unknown^a	Doctoral degree^a	Professional degree^a	Dual degree^a	Doctoral degree type unknown^a
All surveyed fields	61,942	19,291	2,636	495	7,124	23,811	2,008	705	5,872
Science and engineering	43,395	14,084	398	115	5,660	17,958	509	208	4,463
Science	36,289	12,402	363	112	4,674	14,610	488	201	3,439
Agricultural sciences	1,319	470	18	1	248	434	4	1	143
Biological sciences	19,330	6,565	286	98	2,035	7,975	431	168	1,772
Anatomy	258	79	10	3	27	86	10	2	41
Biochemistry	2,097	626	8	8	247	909	22	11	266
Biology	2,141	903	5	1	196	911	4	1	120
Biometry and epidemiology	638	240	14	5	73	217	14	2	73
Biophysics	164	62	0	0	3	95	0	0	4
Botany	614	200	7	0	125	242	2	0	38
Cell biology	2,387	656	19	5	422	987	29	10	259
Ecology	107	46	0	0	21	26	0	0	14
Entomology and parasitology	258	113	1	0	28	93	0	0	23
Genetics	1,394	461	17	6	163	520	25	15	187
Microbiology, immunology, and virology	2,188	835	39	18	195	817	31	17	236
Nutrition	214	83	4	0	38	48	3	2	36
Pathology	1,505	456	61	25	57	662	99	47	98
Pharmacology	1,284	537	25	7	64	568	21	22	40
Physiology	1,412	480	29	7	131	603	29	15	118
Zoology	94	56	0	3	17	13	0	1	4
Biological sciences nec	2,575	732	47	10	228	1,178	142	23	215
Communication	76	34	1	0	10	19	0	0	12
Computer sciences	765	188	3	0	111	385	0	0	78
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	2,032	741	3	0	400	743	1	1	143
Atmospheric sciences	209	65	0	0	24	112	0	0	8
Geosciences	730	275	0	0	83	299	0	1	72
Oceanography	423	239	0	0	21	158	1	0	4
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec	670	162	3	0	272	174	0	0	59
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	90	49	0	0	20	17	0	0	4
Mathematical sciences	932	360	1	0	127	379	1	1	63
Mathematics and applied mathematics	787	320	1	0	96	315	0	0	55
Statistics	145	40	0	0	31	64	1	1	8
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies	891	286	2	2	214	280	3	1	103
Neuroscience	1,696	584	22	6	220	635	28	24	177
Physical sciences	7,197	2,042	9	2	963	3,292	13	0	876
Astronomy	407	130	1	0	86	164	0	0	26
Chemistry	3,850	1,055	5	0	416	1,795	3	0	576
Physics	2,682	836	3	2	345	1,283	10	0	203
Physical sciences nec	258	21	0	0	116	50	0	0	71
Psychology	1,023	593	10	1	181	214	4	2	18
Clinical psychology	104	75	4	0	18	5	2	0	0
Psychology, general	568	295	4	1	125	127	0	1	15
Psychology nec	351	223	2	0	38	82	2	1	3
Social sciences	938	490	8	2	145	237	3	3	50
Agricultural economics	61	20	2	0	16	21	0	0	2
Anthropology (cultural and social)	118	70	1	1	22	17	1	0	6
Economics (except agricultural)	62	28	0	0	7	20	0	0	7
Geography	89	39	0	0	10	38	0	0	2
History and philosophy of science	14	5	0	0	1	4	1	1	2
Linguistics	33	16	0	0	4	9	0	0	4
Political science	239	129	4	1	35	53	1	1	15
Sociology	93	58	1	0	11	20	0	1	2
Sociology and anthropology	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Social sciences nec	226	122	0	0	39	55	0	0	10
Engineering	7,106	1,682	35	3	986	3,348	21	7	1,024
Aerospace engineering	202	48	0	0	30	97	0	0	27
Agricultural engineering	152	29	2	0	20	73	0	1	27
Architecture	17	4	1	0	3	1	0	0	8
Biomedical engineering	1,103	355	11	2	151	415	7	2	160
Chemical engineering	1,230	275	3	0	162	547	0	0	243
Civil engineering	587	150	1	0	112	268	0	0	56
Electrical engineering	1,180	234	0	0	199	582	7	0	158
Engineering science	240	65	0	0	8	145	0	0	22
Industrial engineering	133	37	1	0	24	55	0	0	16
Mechanical engineering	1,034	232	13	1	127	529	7	4	121
Metallurgical and materials engineering	809	160	2	0	116	424	0	0	107
Mining engineering	7	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Nuclear engineering	105	23	0	0	9	46	0	0	27
Petroleum engineering	49	4	0	0	2	42	0	0	1
Engineering nec	258	62	1	0	23	121	0	0	51
Health	18,547	5,207	2,238	380	1,464	5,853	1,499	497	1,409
Clinical medicine	15,831	4,502	2,033	355	997	5,050	1,412	459	1,023
Anesthesiology	439	106	33	15	25	162	60	13	25
Cardiology	777	143	93	26	68	230	97	38	82
Endocrinology	441	131	60	8	11	172	29	24	6
Gastroenterology	317	64	43	10	2	122	49	18	9
Hematology	348	76	47	13	13	148	27	12	12
Neurology	941	242	57	11	95	335	69	19	113
Obstetrics and gynecology	301	48	69	5	28	90	31	1	29
Oncology and cancer research	1,859	573	121	56	35	850	117	44	63
Ophthalmology	528	117	40	6	47	204	68	23	23
Otorhinolaryngology	160	48	10	4	15	40	17	7	19
Pediatrics	1,584	519	336	11	70	504	61	12	71
Preventive medicine and community health	703	283	30	4	118	149	10	4	105
Psychiatry	1,008	556	64	14	106	189	32	7	40
Pulmonary disease	288	60	101	8	15	53	27	5	19
Radiology	921	230	66	10	42	402	86	20	65
Surgery	1,297	214	255	15	97	320	237	47	112
Clinical medicine nec	3,919	1,092	608	139	210	1,080	395	165	230
Other health	2,716	705	205	25	467	803	87	38	386
Dental sciences	303	76	28	4	23	95	23	16	38
Nursing	77	51	0	1	6	16	0	0	3
Pharmaceutical sciences	995	228	37	3	169	396	19	3	140
Speech pathology and audiology	49	17	1	0	24	4	0	0	3
Veterinary sciences	564	118	112	7	125	118	26	3	55
Other health nec	728	215	27	10	120	174	19	16	147

nec = not elsewhere classified.

^a 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.).

NOTE: "Field" refers to the field of the unit that reports postdocs to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2013.

Data from survey cycle Fall 2013, as of 8 August 2014.