nsf.gov - Table 36 - NCSES Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: 2013

Field	2007^a	2008	2009	2010^{b, c}	2011^c	2012	2013
All surveyed fields	22,653	24,478	25,338	28,305	28,373	28,277	28,068
Science and engineering	14,536	15,337	16,182	18,172	18,567	18,572	18,499
Science	12,628	13,339	13,855	15,506	15,860	15,720	15,684
Agricultural sciences	62	50	50	54	79	66	99
Biological sciences	8,509	8,983	8,889	10,184	10,138	9,733	9,473
Anatomy	121	119	141	128	113	89	82
Biochemistry	919	1,004	933	1,059	1,017	984	858
Biology	1,222	1,289	1,221	1,270	1,200	1,185	1,064
Biometry and epidemiology	156	169	198	339	324	304	415
Biophysics	137	128	123	200	142	125	113
Botany	11	14	15	14	31	19	13
Cell biology	1,305	1,231	1,275	1,392	1,409	1,340	1,286
Ecology	51	63	76	82	82	78	47
Entomology and parasitology	11	12	6	10	12	23	24
Genetics	594	645	669	921	942	930	908
Microbiology, immunology, and virology	1,115	1,093	1,104	1,285	1,265	1,224	1,170
Nutrition	30	19	14	51	58	52	42
Pathology	1,078	1,204	1,117	1,108	1,040	975	958
Pharmacology	475	516	535	644	629	547	513
Physiology	527	559	585	622	663	601	648
Zoology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biological sciences nec	757	918	877	1,059	1,211	1,257	1,332
Communication	16	23	27	33	37	41	51
Computer sciences	209	227	275	334	358	365	335
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	329	386	420	435	455	517	590
Atmospheric sciences	8	11	8	12	26	19	22
Geosciences	211	246	265	277	260	290	333
Oceanography	94	106	114	65	84	113	125
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec	16	23	33	81	85	95	110
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	0	0	2	6	13	13	31
Mathematical sciences	206	273	291	343	315	336	346
Mathematics and applied mathematics	180	233	257	308	275	292	296
Statistics	26	40	34	35	40	44	50
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies	36	40	66	159	142	176	215
Neuroscience	193	246	368	473	758	902	988
Physical sciences	2,378	2,432	2,591	2,600	2,640	2,666	2,647
Astronomy	160	189	218	245	242	234	184
Chemistry	1,389	1,391	1,417	1,430	1,389	1,444	1,426
Physics	791	808	895	842	918	911	957
Physical sciences nec	38	44	61	83	91	77	80
Psychology	506	491	635	532	517	524	443
Clinical psychology	26	23	78	81	35	48	42
Psychology, general	355	356	422	321	332	294	256
Psychology nec	125	112	135	130	150	182	145
Social sciences	184	188	241	353	408	381	466
Agricultural economics	2	1	2	3	5	4	6
Anthropology (cultural and social)	27	25	20	27	37	39	51
Economics (except agricultural)	14	13	43	42	26	36	37
Geography	6	4	8	9	7	14	24
History and philosophy of science	6	7	6	13	7	7	11
Linguistics	8	8	6	14	15	14	18
Political science	22	32	46	64	156	123	169
Sociology	35	29	33	38	47	55	51
Sociology and anthropology	1	1	3	0	0	0	0
Social sciences nec	63	68	74	143	108	89	99
Engineering	1,908	1,998	2,327	2,666	2,707	2,852	2,815
Aerospace engineering	67	58	54	90	68	53	67
Agricultural engineering	11	7	0	9	28	22	19
Architecture	3	4	4	3	3	4	12
Biomedical engineering	367	404	522	541	560	561	540
Chemical engineering	256	278	340	369	394	406	470
Civil engineering	138	143	153	178	182	180	191
Electrical engineering	315	295	317	358	376	427	441
Engineering science	161	145	152	182	209	204	163
Industrial engineering	26	25	26	29	48	56	51
Mechanical engineering	259	291	362	399	367	422	420
Metallurgical and materials engineering	196	211	258	275	265	258	234
Mining engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nuclear engineering	30	34	30	41	51	57	43
Petroleum engineering	9	13	13	19	18	21	23
Engineering nec	70	90	96	173	138	181	141
Health	8,117	9,141	9,156	10,133	9,806	9,705	9,569
Clinical medicine	7,726	8,796	8,789	9,734	9,437	9,321	9,173
Anesthesiology	191	256	274	327	238	252	254
Cardiology	314	344	347	325	356	359	426
Endocrinology	177	189	312	296	279	287	266
Gastroenterology	172	146	153	154	173	164	182
Hematology	143	152	188	170	182	186	185
Neurology	917	970	904	864	653	648	598
Obstetrics and gynecology	85	114	137	188	164	161	148
Oncology and cancer research	838	981	990	1,080	1,057	1,080	1,010
Ophthalmology	259	304	287	280	275	286	287
Otorhinolaryngology	60	67	68	65	92	81	85
Pediatrics	472	558	562	734	678	762	766
Preventive medicine and community health	132	140	131	224	263	254	262
Psychiatry	484	559	532	518	536	561	565
Pulmonary disease	94	124	141	139	135	127	137
Radiology	633	625	678	715	654	689	660
Surgery	774	776	788	642	724	792	767
Clinical medicine nec	1,981	2,491	2,297	3,013	2,978	2,632	2,575
Other health	391	345	367	399	369	384	396
Dental sciences	85	91	102	88	102	93	92
Nursing	13	26	20	8	15	22	29
Pharmaceutical sciences	25	30	46	40	44	74	63
Speech pathology and audiology	31	15	17	15	14	21	16
Veterinary sciences	119	72	43	65	60	56	60
Other health nec	118	111	139	183	134	118	136

nec = not elsewhere classified.

^a In 2007, eligible fields were reclassified, newly eligible fields were added, and the survey was redesigned to improve coverage and coding of eligible units. 2007 data presented in this table are the data collected in 2007, which were labeled as "2007new" in the past publications. See appendix A in http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10307/ for more detail on the changes made in 2007.

^b In 2010, the postdoc section of the survey was expanded, and significant effort was made to ensure that appropriate personnel were providing postdoc data (see appendix A for more information). Thus, it is unclear how much of the increases in 2010 and later years over 2009 and prior years are from growth in postdoctoral appointments and how much are from improved data collection. More information on the changes to the postdoc data collection is available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf13334/.

^c Postdoc data from 2010 and 2011 were reimputed following the 2012 data collection; these data supersede those contained in previous reports.

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.

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