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Table 48. Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field and origin of doctoral degree: 2012

Field	Total	United States^a	Foreign country	Degree origin unknown
All surveyed fields	62,851	23,248	18,159	21,444
Science and engineering	43,841	16,326	12,350	15,165
Science	36,738	13,910	10,660	12,168
Agricultural sciences	1,290	482	206	602
Biological sciences	20,086	7,210	6,470	6,406
Anatomy	287	100	101	86
Biochemistry	2,232	795	698	739
Biology	2,268	1,055	733	480
Biometry and epidemiology	536	236	99	201
Biophysics	185	100	69	16
Botany	596	130	103	363
Cell biology	2,574	794	793	987
Ecology	205	88	16	101
Entomology and parasitology	266	130	48	88
Genetics	1,407	496	452	459
Microbiology, immunology, and virology	2,437	879	836	722
Nutrition	224	85	32	107
Pathology	1,582	509	609	464
Pharmacology	1,383	555	524	304
Physiology	1,399	500	452	447
Zoology	87	36	13	38
Biological sciences nec	2,418	722	892	804
Communication^b	58	22	12	24
Computer sciences	760	305	205	250
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	1,956	795	508	653
Atmospheric sciences	209	79	64	66
Geosciences	637	257	194	186
Oceanography	446	280	124	42
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec	664	179	126	359
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences^b	58	32	2	24
Mathematical sciences	902	480	167	255
Mathematics and applied mathematics	782	425	142	215
Statistics	120	55	25	40
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies^b	742	261	112	369
Neuroscience^b	1,525	550	472	503
Physical sciences	7,430	2,678	2,183	2,569
Astronomy	509	173	137	199
Chemistry	4,016	1,421	1,264	1,331
Physics	2,651	1,039	752	860
Physical sciences nec	254	45	30	179
Psychology	1,132	672	211	249
Clinical psychology	104	79	9	16
Psychology, general	613	340	121	152
Psychology nec	415	253	81	81
Social sciences	799	423	112	264
Agricultural economics	60	26	4	30
Anthropology (cultural and social)	96	46	16	34
Economics (except agricultural)	50	24	12	14
Geography	69	31	16	22
History and philosophy of science	14	2	6	6
Linguistics	31	19	3	9
Political science	176	103	20	53
Sociology	97	65	10	22
Sociology and anthropology	2	2	0	0
Social sciences nec	204	105	25	74
Engineering	7,103	2,416	1,690	2,997
Aerospace engineering	170	66	29	75
Agricultural engineering	133	49	40	44
Architecture^b	6	1	1	4
Biomedical engineering	1,161	446	256	459
Chemical engineering	1,098	349	257	492
Civil engineering^b	590	235	121	234
Electrical engineering	1,152	352	291	509
Engineering science	292	128	95	69
Industrial engineering	127	47	21	59
Mechanical engineering	985	326	242	417
Metallurgical and materials engineering	854	240	216	398
Mining engineering	5	0	4	1
Nuclear engineering	120	51	29	40
Petroleum engineering	53	19	24	10
Engineering nec	357	107	64	186
Health	19,010	6,922	5,809	6,279
Clinical medicine	16,361	5,991	5,218	5,152
Anesthesiology	436	134	140	162
Cardiology	787	263	334	190
Endocrinology	473	202	232	39
Gastroenterology	319	129	138	52
Hematology	367	114	109	144
Neurology^b	952	314	303	335
Obstetrics and gynecology	307	113	107	87
Oncology and cancer research	1,923	687	677	559
Ophthalmology	518	156	247	115
Otorhinolaryngology	144	48	74	22
Pediatrics	1,583	733	501	349
Preventive medicine and community health	730	317	124	289
Psychiatry	1,089	543	220	326
Pulmonary disease	279	153	79	47
Radiology	979	314	316	349
Surgery	1,373	421	443	509
Clinical medicine nec	4,102	1,350	1,174	1,578
Other health	2,649	931	591	1,127
Dental sciences	343	97	108	138
Nursing	76	51	2	23
Pharmaceutical sciences	982	342	270	370
Speech pathology and audiology	59	23	5	31
Veterinary sciences	534	191	88	255
Other health nec	655	227	118	310

nec = not elsewhere classified.

^a United States includes Puerto Rico and U.S. territories.

^b In 2007, eligible fields were reclassified, newly eligible fields were added, and the survey was redesigned to improve coverage and coding of eligible units. “2007new” presents data as collected in 2007; “2007old” shows data as they would have been collected in prior years. The science fields Communication and Family and consumer sciences and human sciences were newly eligible in 2007; data for these two fields begin in 2007new. The science field Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies was also added to the code list in 2007; some data reported in this field were reported under other fields before 2007 and are included in those fields in 2007old. Neuroscience is reported as a separate field of science in 2007new; data were reported under health field Neurology in 2007old and previous years. Architecture is reported as a separate field of engineering in 2007new; data were reported under Civil engineering in 2007old and previous years. See appendix A in http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10307/ for more detail.

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.