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Table 45. Postdoctoral appointees in engineering in all institutions, by region, state, institution, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2012

  U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa  
  Not Hispanic or Latino  
Region, state, and institution Total Hispanic or
Latino		 American
Indian or
Alaska Native		 Asian Black or
African
American		 Native Hawaiian
or Other Pacific
Islander		 White More than
one race		 Unknown
ethnicity
and race		 Temporary
visa holders
All institutions 7,103 112 3 594 71 2 1,325 16 615 4,365
   New England     1,279 13 0 64 4 0 205 2 143 848
       Connecticut 86 0 0 3 0 0 8 0 15 60
           U. CT 34 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 1 25
           Yale U. 52 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 14 35
       Maine 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
           U. ME 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
       Massachusetts 1,093 12 0 59 4 0 193 2 99 724
           Boston U. 137 0 0 12 0 0 43 0 1 81
           Harvard U. 115 2 0 8 0 0 31 1 0 73
           MA Institute of Technology 704 10 0 30 4 0 90 1 94 475
           Northeastern U. 23 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 17
           Tufts U. 46 0 0 2 0 0 13 0 1 30
           U. MA, Amherst 47 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 0 36
           U. MA, Lowell 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
           Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 9 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 4
           Worcester Polytechnic Institute 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
       New Hampshire 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 16
           Dartmouth C. 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 13
           U. NH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
       Rhode Island 60 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 8 46
           Brown U. 54 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 43
           U. RI 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
   Middle Atlantic 867 13 1 49 10 0 186 0 19 589
       New Jersey 146 1 0 12 1 0 32 0 2 98
           NJ Institute of Technology 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
           Princeton U. 105 1 0 3 1 0 23 0 1 76
           Rutgers, State U. NJ 30 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 1 17
           Stevens Institute of Technology 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
       New York 344 6 0 17 6 0 86 0 16 213
           Alfred U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
           Clarkson U. 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3
           Columbia U. in the City of New York 80 1 0 1 2 0 20 0 3 53
           Cooper Union 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
           Cornell U. 76 2 0 6 1 0 17 0 1 49
           CUNY, City C. 43 2 0 5 2 0 14 0 1 19
           Polytechnic Institute of NY U. 9 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
           Rensselaer Polytechnic U., Troy 43 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 33
           Rochester Institute of Technology 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
           SUNY, Binghamton U. 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
           SUNY, C. of Environmental Science and Forestry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
           SUNY, Downstate Medical Ctr. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
           SUNY, Stony Brook U. 22 0 0 4 0 0 7 0 0 11
           SUNY, U. Buffalo 21 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 9 7
           Syracuse U. 11 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
           U. Rochester 14 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 9
       Pennsylvania 377 6 1 20 3 0 68 0 1 278
           Carnegie Mellon U. 73 2 0 9 1 0 12 0 0 49
           Drexel U. 19 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 13
           Lehigh U. 21 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 18
           PA State U. 108 3 1 2 0 0 14 0 0 88
           Temple U. 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
           U. PA 86 1 0 8 2 0 22 0 0 53
           U. Pittsburgh 53 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 41
           Villanova U. 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
   East North Central 1,012 11 0 39 9 0 176 0 46 731
       Illinois 324 5 0 14 6 0 62 0 6 231
           IL Institute of Technology 40 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 1 31
           Northwestern U. 169 3 0 6 5 0 38 0 3 114
           U. IL, Chicago 6 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
           U. IL, Urbana-Champaign 109 2 0 5 0 0 17 0 2 83
       Indiana 146 2 0 2 0 0 20 0 7 115
           IN U. 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
           Purdue U. 77 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 60
           U. Notre Dame 58 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 7 45
       Michigan 259 2 0 13 2 0 59 0 6 177
           Central MI U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
           MI State U. 33 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 26
           MI Technological U. 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
           U. MI 208 1 0 10 2 0 52 0 6 137
           Wayne State U. 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8
       Ohio 144 1 0 7 1 0 13 0 3 119
           Case Western Reserve U. 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
           OH State U. 82 1 0 4 1 0 8 0 2 66
           OH U. 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
           U. Akron 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19
           U. Cincinnati 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19
           U. Dayton 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
           U. Toledo 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
           Youngstown State U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
       Wisconsin 139 1 0 3 0 0 22 0 24 89
           Marquette U. 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
           U. WI, Madison 103 1 0 2 0 0 17 0 4 79
           U. WI, Milwaukee 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20 8
   West North Central 357 4 0 75 2 1 80 2 2 191
       Iowa 83 1 0 33 1 0 25 0 0 23
           IA State U. 67 1 0 33 1 0 21 0 0 11
           U. IA 16 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 12
       Kansas 51 0 0 7 0 1 7 1 0 35
           KS State U. 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
           U. KS 33 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 26
           Wichita State U. 8 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0
       Minnesota 113 1 0 5 0 0 26 1 2 78
           U. MN 113 1 0 5 0 0 26 1 2 78
       Missouri 80 2 0 28 1 0 17 0 0 32
           MO State U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
           MO U. of Science and Technology 20 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 16
           St. Louis U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
           U. MO, Columbia 17 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 12
           Washington U., St. Louis 40 2 0 26 0 0 11 0 0 1
       Nebraska 24 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 20
           U. NE, Lincoln 24 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 20
       North Dakota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
           ND State U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
       South Dakota 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
           SD School of Mines and Technology 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
           SD State U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
   South Atlantic 928 17 0 145 19 1 210 1 15 520
       Delaware 54 0 0 3 0 0 13 0 0 38
           U. DE 54 0 0 3 0 0 13 0 0 38
       District of Columbia 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
           George Washington U. 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
           Howard U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
       Florida 148 2 0 22 6 1 36 1 1 79
           FL International U. 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
           FL State U. 29 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 25
           U. Central FL 20 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 15
           U. FL 66 0 0 21 5 0 20 1 0 19
           U. Miami 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
           U. South FL, Tampa 15 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 4
       Georgia 191 5 0 65 5 0 47 0 3 66
           Emory U. 29 1 0 5 2 0 8 0 0 13
           GA Institute of Technology 159 4 0 60 3 0 39 0 3 50
           U. GA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
       Maryland 172 1 0 12 1 0 45 0 4 109
           Johns Hopkins U. 101 0 0 2 1 0 23 0 0 75
           Morgan State U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
           U. MD, Baltimore 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
           U. MD, Baltimore County 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
           U. MD, College Park 61 1 0 8 0 0 20 0 4 28
       North Carolina 186 8 0 30 5 0 33 0 2 108
           Duke U. 91 5 0 5 3 0 20 0 0 58
           NC Agricultural and Technical State U. 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
           NC State U. 76 3 0 23 2 0 13 0 1 34
           U. NC, Chapel Hill 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
           U. NC, Charlotte 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
           Wake Forest U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
       South Carolina 38 1 0 9 1 0 9 0 0 18
           Clemson U. 17 1 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 2
           Medical U. SC 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
           U. SC 20 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 16
       Virginia 115 0 0 3 1 0 26 0 5 80
           George Mason U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
           Old Dominion U. 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
           U. VA 30 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 4 18
           VA Commonwealth U. 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
           VA Polytechnic Institute and State U. 64 0 0 1 1 0 19 0 0 43
       West Virginia 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
           WV U. 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
   East South Central 156 5 0 13 0 0 33 1 1 103
       Alabama 23 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 20
           Auburn U. 9 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6
           U. AL, Birmingham 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
           U. AL, Tuscaloosa 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
       Kentucky 35 2 0 4 0 0 10 0 1 18
           U. KY 20 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 1 10
           U. Louisville 15 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 8
       Mississippi 30 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 23
           Jackson State U. 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
           MS State U. 19 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 13
           U. MS 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
       Tennessee 68 2 0 6 0 0 17 1 0 42
           TN Technological U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
           U. Memphis 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
           U. TN, Health Science Ctr. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
           U. TN, Knoxville 43 2 0 3 0 0 10 1 0 27
           Vanderbilt U. 18 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 11
   West South Central 571 14 0 50 8 0 91 1 34 373
       Arkansas 17 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 13
           U. AR, Fayetteville 17 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 13
       Louisiana 23 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 20
           LA State U. 13 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 10
           Tulane U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
           U. LA, Lafayette 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
           U. New Orleans 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
       Oklahoma 41 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 34
           OK State U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
           U. OK 31 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 27
           U. Tulsa 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
       Texas 490 13 0 49 7 0 82 1 32 306
           Lamar U. 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
           Rice U. 63 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 22 39
           Southern Methodist U. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
           TX A&M U. 39 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 30
           TX State U., San Marcos 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
           TX Tech U. 66 3 0 7 3 0 26 0 0 27
           U. Houston 53 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 5 42
           U. North TX, Denton 17 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 13
           U. TX, Arlington 29 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 24
           U. TX, Austin 146 2 0 5 0 0 31 1 0 107
           U. TX, Dallas 44 3 0 22 0 0 7 0 0 12
           U. TX, El Paso 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
           U. TX, Health Science Ctr., San Antonio 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
           U. TX, Medical Branch 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
           U. TX, San Antonio 10 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 4 0
           U. TX, Tyler 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
   Mountain 317 8 0 36 3 0 85 2 13 170
       Arizona 65 1 0 9 0 0 13 1 0 41
           AZ State U. 43 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 29
           Northern AZ U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
           U. AZ 20 1 0 2 0 0 5 1 0 11
       Colorado 141 4 0 17 1 0 40 1 8 70
           CO School of Mines 27 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 21
           CO State U., Ft. Collins 26 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 3 17
           U. CO 87 3 0 15 0 0 32 1 5 31
           U. Denver 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
       Idaho 13 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 3
           Boise State U. 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
           ID State U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
           U. ID 8 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1
       Montana 13 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 7
           MT State U. 13 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 7
       Nevada 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
           U. NV, Las Vegas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
           U. NV, Reno 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
       New Mexico 24 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 2 12
           NM Institute of Mining and Technology 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
           NM State U. 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
           U. NM 16 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 7
       Utah 47 1 0 7 0 0 10 0 1 28
           Brigham Young U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
           U. UT 41 1 0 7 0 0 8 0 1 24
           UT State U. 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
       Wyoming 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5
           U. WY 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5
   Pacific 1,612 27 2 123 16 0 258 7 342 837
       Alaska 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
           U. AK, Fairbanks 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
       California 1,362 18 1 111 8 0 237 1 266 720
           CA Institute of Technology 106 2 0 7 1 0 23 1 0 72
           Loyola Marymount U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
           San Diego State U. 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
           Stanford U. 274 1 0 14 2 0 59 0 12 186
           U. CA, Berkeley 382 3 0 10 1 0 31 0 246 91
           U. CA, Davis 111 2 0 45 1 0 33 0 6 24
           U. CA, Irvine 27 2 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 16
           U. CA, Los Angeles 117 1 0 13 0 0 22 0 1 80
           U. CA, Riverside 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
           U. CA, San Diego 98 2 0 6 0 0 18 0 0 72
           U. CA, San Francisco 51 2 0 4 1 0 10 0 0 34
           U. CA, Santa Barbara 117 2 1 3 0 0 25 0 0 86
           U. CA, Santa Cruz 7 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1
           U. of the Pacific 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
           U. Southern CA 59 0 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 49
       Hawaii 37 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 32
           U. HI, Manoa 37 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 32
       Oregon 27 2 0 1 0 0 12 0 2 10
           OR Health and Science U. 17 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 5
           OR State U. 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4
           Portland State U. 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
           U. OR 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
       Washington 185 7 1 10 7 0 5 6 74 75
           U. WA 131 7 0 7 6 0 0 6 73 32
           WA State U. 54 0 1 3 1 0 5 0 1 43
   Outlying areas 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
       Puerto Rico 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
           U. PR, Mayaguez 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3

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, NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2012.
Data from survey cycle Fall 2012, as of December 2013.