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Table 45. Postdoctoral appointees in engineering in all institutions, by state, institution, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2015

State and institution Total U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa Temporary visa holders
Hispanic or Latino Not Hispanic or Latino Unknown ethnicity and race
American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White More than one race
All institutions 7,656 108 8 550 82 3 1,397 24 349 5,135
Alabama 17 1 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 9
Auburn U. 11 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 5
U. Alabama, Birmingham 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Alaska 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
U. Alaska, Fairbanks 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Arizona 125 1 1 6 1 0 26 0 14 76
Arizona State U. 47 1 0 6 1 0 11 0 0 28
Northern Arizona U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U. Arizona 77 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 14 47
Arkansas 14 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 9
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville 14 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 9
California 1,423 21 3 116 8 0 240 5 104 926
California Institute of Technology 108 1 0 7 2 0 19 1 0 78
California State U., Los Angeles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Naval Postgraduate School 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
San Diego State U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Santa Clara U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Stanford U. 351 6 0 33 3 0 61 3 4 241
U. California, Berkeley 302 3 0 6 1 0 37 0 58 197
U. California, Davis 119 6 1 49 0 0 26 0 17 20
U. California, Irvine 36 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 27
U. California, Los Angeles 119 1 0 10 0 0 17 0 6 85
U. California, Merced 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12
U. California, Riverside 22 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 14
U. California, San Diego 119 0 0 6 0 0 22 0 3 88
U. California, San Francisco 54 2 0 4 2 0 19 0 2 25
U. California, Santa Barbara 120 2 0 1 0 0 21 0 8 88
U. California, Santa Cruz 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
U. Southern California 41 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 35
Colorado 192 11 2 18 1 0 62 1 4 93
Colorado School of Mines 42 2 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 29
Colorado State U., Fort Collins 17 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 3 8
U. Colorado 129 9 2 14 1 0 47 0 0 56
U. Denver 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
Connecticut 86 0 0 9 0 0 13 0 4 60
U. Connecticut 20 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 16
Yale U. 66 0 0 9 0 0 10 0 3 44
Delaware 53 1 0 7 0 0 12 1 0 32
U. Delaware 53 1 0 7 0 0 12 1 0 32
District of Columbia 36 0 0 8 0 0 9 0 2 17
Catholic U. of America 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
George Washington U. 30 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 2 12
Howard U. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Florida 151 5 0 11 5 0 22 0 12 96
Florida Atlantic U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Florida International U. 16 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 7
Florida State U. 26 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 20
U. Central Florida 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
U. Florida 66 4 0 5 3 0 12 0 5 37
U. Miami 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U. South Florida, Tampa 18 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 6 7
Georgia 149 3 0 50 3 0 43 0 2 48
Emory U. 20 0 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 11
Georgia Institute of Technology 125 3 0 48 2 0 37 0 2 33
U. Georgia 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Hawaii 22 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 16
U. Hawaii, Manoa 22 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 16
Idaho 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5
Boise State U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
U. Idaho 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Illinois 379 2 0 18 4 0 60 0 14 281
Illinois Institute of Technology 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14
Northern Illinois U. 19 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 13
Northwestern U. 140 1 0 7 0 0 22 0 2 108
Rush U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Southern Illinois U., Carbondale 18 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 10
U. Chicago 43 0 0 2 0 0 14 0 2 25
U. Illinois, Chicago 15 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 9
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 122 1 0 5 1 0 12 0 2 101
Indiana 158 4 0 9 0 0 16 3 1 125
Indiana U. 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Purdue U. 116 1 0 8 0 0 10 2 0 95
U. Notre Dame 38 2 0 1 0 0 6 1 1 27
Valparaiso U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Iowa 81 1 0 2 0 0 18 0 2 58
Iowa State U. 57 1 0 1 0 0 13 0 0 42
U. Iowa 24 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 16
Kansas 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 24
Kansas State U. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
U. Kansas 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 20
Kentucky 14 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12
U. Kentucky 14 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12
Louisiana 26 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 16
Louisiana State U. 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
Louisiana Tech U. 9 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 4
Tulane U. 6 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2
U. New Orleans 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Maine 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
U. Maine 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Maryland 205 2 0 17 11 0 31 2 5 137
Johns Hopkins U. 100 1 0 5 1 0 15 0 0 78
Morgan State U. 12 0 0 2 8 0 1 0 0 1
U. Maryland Baltimore 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
U. Maryland, Baltimore County 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
U. Maryland, College Park 85 1 0 9 2 0 13 2 3 55
Massachusetts 1,050 9 0 50 8 0 182 2 63 736
Boston U. 87 0 0 10 0 0 19 0 5 53
Harvard U. 81 0 0 4 1 0 19 0 0 57
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 716 9 0 30 2 0 119 1 50 505
Northeastern U. 31 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 25
Tufts U. 49 0 0 4 2 0 11 0 1 31
U. Massachusetts, Amherst 37 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 32
U. Massachusetts, Lowell 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 16 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 8
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 21 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 16
Michigan 291 7 0 21 4 0 63 0 3 193
Michigan State U. 34 0 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 25
Michigan Technological U. 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
U. Michigan 230 6 0 16 3 0 54 0 3 148
Wayne State U. 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
Western Michigan U. 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Minnesota 154 0 0 8 2 0 26 0 13 105
Mayo Clinic, Mayo Graduate School 18 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 9
U. Minnesota 136 0 0 6 0 0 21 0 13 96
Mississippi 23 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 18
Mississippi State U. 12 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 7
U. Mississippi 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
U. Southern Mississippi 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Missouri 82 0 0 6 0 1 15 0 1 59
Missouri U. of Science and Technology 20 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 14
Saint Louis U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U. Missouri, Columbia 18 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 14
Washington U., Saint Louis 42 0 0 2 0 0 11 0 0 29
Montana 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2
Montana State U. 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1
Montana Tech of U. Montana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nebraska 32 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 29
U. Nebraska-Lincoln 32 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 29
Nevada 14 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12
U. Nevada, Las Vegas 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
U. Nevada, Reno 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
New Hampshire 35 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 16
Dartmouth C. 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 13
U. New Hampshire 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
New Jersey 189 3 0 11 2 0 30 1 5 137
New Jersey Institute of Technology 23 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 14
Princeton U. 116 1 0 6 0 0 15 1 4 89
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 34 0 0 5 1 0 4 0 1 23
Stevens Institute of Technology 16 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 11
New Mexico 26 4 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 13
New Mexico State U. 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
U. New Mexico 23 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 11
New York 363 7 0 30 1 0 64 0 8 253
Clarkson U. 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
Columbia U. in the City of New York 94 1 0 4 0 0 21 0 0 68
Cornell U. 103 0 0 6 1 0 23 0 0 73
CUNY, City C. 16 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 10
Hofstra U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
New York U. 13 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 6
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy 51 5 0 7 0 0 8 0 1 30
Rochester Institute of Technology 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
SUNY, Binghamton U. 11 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7
SUNY, C. of Environmental Science and Forestry 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
SUNY, Stony Brook U. 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16
SUNY, U. Buffalo 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 13
Syracuse U. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
U. Rochester 15 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 11
North Carolina 259 3 0 8 7 0 68 0 7 166
Duke U. 82 3 0 5 2 0 28 0 0 44
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
North Carolina State U. 155 0 0 3 5 0 36 0 7 104
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8
U. North Carolina, Charlotte 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7
North Dakota 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
North Dakota State U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U. North Dakota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ohio 219 5 0 17 2 0 41 0 6 148
Air Force Institute of Technology 21 0 0 3 0 0 16 0 0 2
Case Western Reserve U. 27 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 17
Cleveland State U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ohio State U. 111 3 0 7 1 0 14 0 4 82
Ohio U. 10 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 4
U. Akron 28 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 24
U. Cincinnati 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17
U. Toledo 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Oklahoma 47 0 0 3 1 0 6 0 0 37
Oklahoma State U. 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
U. Oklahoma 33 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 28
U. Tulsa 7 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3
Oregon 41 1 0 3 0 0 12 0 3 22
Oregon Health and Science U. 10 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 4
Oregon State U. 26 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 18
Portland State U. 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
Pennsylvania 402 4 0 21 5 0 101 4 3 264
Carnegie Mellon U. 86 1 0 10 2 0 27 1 2 43
Drexel U. 25 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 20
Lehigh U. 17 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 12
Pennsylvania State U. 96 0 0 3 0 0 14 0 1 78
Temple U. 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 5
U. Pennsylvania 104 3 0 6 3 0 27 1 0 64
U. Pittsburgh 60 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 39
Villanova U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rhode Island 47 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 40
Brown U. 45 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 38
U. Rhode Island 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
South Carolina 86 1 0 17 4 0 14 0 1 49
Clemson U. 43 1 0 15 3 0 11 0 1 12
Medical U. South Carolina 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
U. South Carolina 42 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 37
South Dakota 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
South Dakota State U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tennessee 85 0 0 7 2 0 23 0 1 52
U. Memphis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U. Tennessee, Knoxville 50 0 0 6 2 0 12 0 0 30
Vanderbilt U. 33 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 1 20
Texas 526 6 0 27 3 0 79 2 6 403
Rice U. 83 0 0 4 0 0 11 2 0 66
Southern Methodist U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Texas A&M U. 72 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 64
Texas State U. 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Texas Tech U. 69 1 0 2 0 0 16 0 0 50
U. Houston 63 1 0 4 0 0 8 0 2 48
U. North Texas, Denton 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12
U. Texas, Arlington 15 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 10
U. Texas, Austin 148 1 0 5 0 0 23 0 1 118
U. Texas, Dallas 35 1 0 6 2 0 7 0 0 19
U. Texas, El Paso 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
U. Texas, San Antonio 10 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 4
Utah 44 1 0 4 0 0 5 0 2 32
Brigham Young U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
U. Utah 28 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 22
Utah State U. 13 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 8
Vermont 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U. Vermont 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia 152 1 1 5 2 1 39 0 1 102
George Mason U. 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Old Dominion U. 16 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 0 8
U. Virginia 27 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 22
Virginia Commonwealth U. 19 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 11
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 83 1 0 5 0 1 21 0 0 55
Washington 166 0 1 16 4 0 3 3 19 120
U. Washington 141 0 1 16 4 0 1 3 17 99
Washington State U. 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 21
West Virginia 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0
West Virginia U. 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0
Wisconsin 103 2 0 10 0 1 22 0 8 60
Marquette U. 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
U. Wisconsin-Madison 96 2 0 9 0 1 19 0 8 57
U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Wyoming 16 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 9
U. Wyoming 16 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 9
Puerto Rico 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
a Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2015.