Table 39. Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field and primary source of support: 2014
Field |
Total |
Federal |
Nonfederal |
Self-support |
Unknown |
Total |
DOD |
DOE |
HHS-NIH |
HHS-Other |
NASA |
NSF |
USDA |
Other |
Total |
Institutional |
Domestic |
Foreign |
All surveyed fields |
63,593 |
33,269 |
2,327 |
1,776 |
19,881 |
790 |
585 |
4,243 |
704 |
2,963 |
24,742 |
12,685 |
9,843 |
2,214 |
588 |
4,994 |
Science and engineering |
44,623 |
24,295 |
2,040 |
1,755 |
12,300 |
455 |
567 |
4,179 |
668 |
2,331 |
16,517 |
8,519 |
6,422 |
1,576 |
361 |
3,450 |
Science |
37,316 |
20,690 |
1,170 |
1,185 |
11,530 |
405 |
476 |
3,407 |
624 |
1,893 |
13,418 |
7,002 |
5,224 |
1,192 |
330 |
2,878 |
Agricultural sciences |
1,402 |
666 |
19 |
33 |
46 |
8 |
7 |
116 |
292 |
145 |
614 |
358 |
243 |
13 |
22 |
100 |
Biological sciences |
19,554 |
11,430 |
357 |
107 |
8,707 |
201 |
32 |
903 |
266 |
857 |
6,497 |
3,084 |
2,880 |
533 |
114 |
1,513 |
Anatomy |
235 |
162 |
10 |
0 |
143 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
63 |
32 |
26 |
5 |
0 |
10 |
Biochemistry |
1,885 |
1,138 |
31 |
25 |
845 |
39 |
2 |
64 |
8 |
124 |
576 |
288 |
254 |
34 |
6 |
165 |
Biology |
2,392 |
1,298 |
37 |
22 |
781 |
14 |
12 |
344 |
26 |
62 |
986 |
532 |
328 |
126 |
6 |
102 |
Biometry and epidemiology |
652 |
356 |
12 |
0 |
300 |
16 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
15 |
183 |
78 |
77 |
28 |
2 |
111 |
Biophysics |
156 |
91 |
1 |
2 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
35 |
21 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
Botany and plant biology |
626 |
319 |
9 |
36 |
22 |
1 |
4 |
131 |
87 |
29 |
215 |
118 |
86 |
11 |
11 |
81 |
Cell and molecular biology |
2,270 |
1,140 |
40 |
0 |
946 |
15 |
2 |
36 |
8 |
93 |
802 |
296 |
439 |
67 |
1 |
327 |
Ecology |
102 |
51 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
31 |
4 |
3 |
44 |
19 |
24 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
Entomology and parasitology |
279 |
178 |
1 |
1 |
46 |
6 |
0 |
34 |
67 |
23 |
94 |
56 |
35 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
Genetics |
1,385 |
777 |
21 |
2 |
583 |
23 |
1 |
29 |
9 |
109 |
503 |
211 |
257 |
35 |
0 |
105 |
Microbiology, immunology, and virology |
2,187 |
1,394 |
31 |
7 |
1,141 |
31 |
2 |
47 |
9 |
126 |
659 |
257 |
356 |
46 |
8 |
126 |
Nutrition |
236 |
101 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
6 |
0 |
9 |
24 |
14 |
88 |
63 |
22 |
3 |
0 |
47 |
Pathology |
1,469 |
751 |
19 |
0 |
703 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
20 |
624 |
315 |
244 |
65 |
34 |
60 |
Pharmacology and toxicology |
1,226 |
764 |
26 |
2 |
647 |
14 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
67 |
351 |
178 |
147 |
26 |
0 |
111 |
Physiology |
1,380 |
908 |
36 |
0 |
807 |
11 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
44 |
384 |
171 |
191 |
22 |
3 |
85 |
Zoology |
75 |
43 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
5 |
8 |
21 |
18 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Biosciences nec |
2,999 |
1,959 |
81 |
9 |
1,605 |
20 |
8 |
119 |
13 |
104 |
869 |
431 |
377 |
61 |
38 |
133 |
Communication |
75 |
30 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
31 |
16 |
12 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
Computer sciences |
834 |
513 |
144 |
13 |
56 |
6 |
3 |
231 |
2 |
58 |
284 |
120 |
124 |
40 |
13 |
24 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences |
2,061 |
1,095 |
78 |
72 |
87 |
10 |
158 |
464 |
27 |
199 |
774 |
392 |
251 |
131 |
21 |
171 |
Atmospheric sciences |
212 |
125 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
28 |
43 |
10 |
29 |
85 |
33 |
31 |
21 |
0 |
2 |
Geosciences |
725 |
373 |
6 |
21 |
4 |
8 |
75 |
215 |
3 |
41 |
290 |
184 |
74 |
32 |
17 |
45 |
Ocean sciences |
423 |
263 |
16 |
6 |
12 |
1 |
15 |
143 |
2 |
68 |
155 |
83 |
64 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec |
701 |
334 |
50 |
37 |
71 |
0 |
40 |
63 |
12 |
61 |
244 |
92 |
82 |
70 |
4 |
119 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences |
114 |
36 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
10 |
60 |
33 |
26 |
1 |
7 |
11 |
Mathematics and statistics |
959 |
371 |
50 |
11 |
41 |
11 |
3 |
238 |
0 |
17 |
481 |
409 |
50 |
22 |
12 |
95 |
Mathematics and applied mathematics |
840 |
297 |
41 |
10 |
23 |
10 |
3 |
198 |
0 |
12 |
445 |
388 |
40 |
17 |
12 |
86 |
Statistics |
119 |
74 |
9 |
1 |
18 |
1 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
5 |
36 |
21 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies |
1,045 |
570 |
49 |
60 |
312 |
3 |
1 |
98 |
2 |
45 |
338 |
183 |
137 |
18 |
62 |
75 |
Neurobiology and neuroscience |
1,878 |
1,065 |
33 |
0 |
902 |
13 |
0 |
38 |
1 |
78 |
623 |
214 |
360 |
49 |
3 |
187 |
Physical sciences |
7,277 |
3,979 |
368 |
884 |
855 |
114 |
260 |
1,133 |
14 |
351 |
2,747 |
1,562 |
885 |
300 |
34 |
517 |
Astronomy and astrophysics |
390 |
239 |
3 |
20 |
9 |
0 |
110 |
81 |
1 |
15 |
109 |
79 |
21 |
9 |
1 |
41 |
Chemistry |
3,891 |
1,929 |
188 |
244 |
753 |
113 |
19 |
490 |
6 |
116 |
1,643 |
853 |
594 |
196 |
17 |
302 |
Physics |
2,738 |
1,629 |
158 |
585 |
83 |
1 |
122 |
508 |
7 |
165 |
934 |
589 |
250 |
95 |
16 |
159 |
Physical sciences nec |
258 |
182 |
19 |
35 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
54 |
0 |
55 |
61 |
41 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Psychology |
1,066 |
633 |
48 |
1 |
412 |
19 |
0 |
79 |
0 |
74 |
367 |
211 |
110 |
46 |
10 |
56 |
Clinical psychology |
85 |
48 |
16 |
0 |
25 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
33 |
23 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
Psychology, general |
584 |
333 |
12 |
1 |
231 |
7 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
38 |
206 |
125 |
60 |
21 |
4 |
41 |
Psychology nec |
397 |
252 |
20 |
0 |
156 |
8 |
0 |
35 |
0 |
33 |
128 |
63 |
43 |
22 |
2 |
15 |
Social sciences |
1,051 |
302 |
20 |
4 |
87 |
11 |
11 |
92 |
19 |
58 |
602 |
420 |
146 |
36 |
32 |
115 |
Agricultural economics |
65 |
28 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
12 |
32 |
29 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
Anthropology |
142 |
38 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
6 |
80 |
64 |
11 |
5 |
8 |
16 |
Economics (except agricultural) |
86 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
55 |
40 |
15 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
Geography |
104 |
58 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
24 |
4 |
14 |
31 |
23 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
History and philosophy of science |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Linguistics |
36 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
9 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
Political science and government |
258 |
50 |
6 |
0 |
17 |
5 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
10 |
173 |
117 |
50 |
6 |
6 |
29 |
Sociology |
91 |
37 |
3 |
0 |
24 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
52 |
34 |
13 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
Sociology and anthropology |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Social sciences nec |
257 |
57 |
5 |
1 |
23 |
5 |
1 |
15 |
0 |
7 |
153 |
100 |
48 |
5 |
7 |
40 |
Engineering |
7,307 |
3,605 |
870 |
570 |
770 |
50 |
91 |
772 |
44 |
438 |
3,099 |
1,517 |
1,198 |
384 |
31 |
572 |
Aerospace engineering |
220 |
122 |
60 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
14 |
13 |
0 |
17 |
80 |
46 |
26 |
8 |
2 |
16 |
Agricultural engineering |
150 |
63 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
8 |
22 |
16 |
79 |
54 |
17 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
Architecture |
14 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
Biomedical engineering |
1,198 |
658 |
61 |
22 |
469 |
8 |
5 |
63 |
1 |
29 |
463 |
228 |
189 |
46 |
4 |
73 |
Chemical engineering |
1,244 |
543 |
117 |
123 |
106 |
5 |
3 |
133 |
10 |
46 |
604 |
269 |
233 |
102 |
5 |
92 |
Civil engineering |
629 |
253 |
42 |
37 |
17 |
1 |
15 |
65 |
3 |
73 |
333 |
203 |
92 |
38 |
2 |
41 |
Electrical engineering |
1,179 |
619 |
238 |
39 |
43 |
11 |
16 |
181 |
2 |
89 |
393 |
187 |
152 |
54 |
2 |
165 |
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics |
270 |
133 |
30 |
31 |
19 |
1 |
9 |
21 |
0 |
22 |
125 |
68 |
38 |
19 |
1 |
11 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering |
131 |
46 |
16 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
5 |
69 |
42 |
21 |
6 |
1 |
15 |
Mechanical engineering |
1,058 |
550 |
143 |
88 |
68 |
17 |
18 |
148 |
1 |
67 |
422 |
208 |
168 |
46 |
1 |
85 |
Metallurgical and materials engineering |
780 |
407 |
123 |
119 |
20 |
2 |
1 |
89 |
4 |
49 |
329 |
132 |
159 |
38 |
9 |
35 |
Mining engineering |
15 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
Nuclear engineering |
112 |
57 |
7 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
6 |
39 |
10 |
25 |
4 |
0 |
16 |
Petroleum engineering |
66 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
58 |
17 |
33 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Engineering nec |
241 |
144 |
31 |
45 |
18 |
0 |
5 |
26 |
1 |
18 |
85 |
42 |
42 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
Health |
18,970 |
8,974 |
287 |
21 |
7,581 |
335 |
18 |
64 |
36 |
632 |
8,225 |
4,166 |
3,421 |
638 |
227 |
1,544 |
Clinical medicine |
16,216 |
7,544 |
250 |
20 |
6,420 |
254 |
13 |
38 |
11 |
538 |
7,054 |
3,517 |
2,941 |
596 |
200 |
1,418 |
Anesthesiology |
434 |
230 |
3 |
0 |
205 |
13 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
180 |
98 |
63 |
19 |
1 |
23 |
Cardiovascular science |
742 |
396 |
3 |
0 |
367 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
328 |
165 |
106 |
57 |
5 |
13 |
Endocrinology |
435 |
222 |
6 |
0 |
208 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
201 |
78 |
86 |
37 |
5 |
7 |
Gastroenterology |
318 |
142 |
0 |
0 |
131 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
168 |
88 |
59 |
21 |
4 |
4 |
Hematology |
378 |
149 |
4 |
0 |
138 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
219 |
81 |
119 |
19 |
0 |
10 |
Neurology |
1,124 |
471 |
8 |
0 |
396 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
63 |
481 |
189 |
246 |
46 |
7 |
165 |
Obstetrics and gynecology |
325 |
112 |
1 |
0 |
101 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
151 |
86 |
58 |
7 |
4 |
58 |
Oncology and cancer research |
1,840 |
813 |
54 |
0 |
684 |
30 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
41 |
917 |
372 |
481 |
64 |
11 |
99 |
Ophthalmology |
574 |
264 |
7 |
0 |
238 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
14 |
253 |
125 |
87 |
41 |
15 |
42 |
Otorhinolaryngology |
164 |
89 |
2 |
0 |
74 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
70 |
38 |
25 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
Pediatrics |
1,512 |
600 |
13 |
0 |
523 |
35 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
18 |
819 |
511 |
288 |
20 |
2 |
91 |
Preventive medicine and community health |
658 |
328 |
1 |
1 |
241 |
40 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
32 |
195 |
113 |
74 |
8 |
0 |
135 |
Psychiatry |
1,095 |
607 |
12 |
0 |
441 |
12 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
138 |
343 |
197 |
118 |
28 |
15 |
130 |
Pulmonary disease |
287 |
168 |
5 |
0 |
137 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
112 |
78 |
20 |
14 |
6 |
1 |
Radiology |
990 |
420 |
24 |
18 |
365 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
445 |
259 |
159 |
27 |
22 |
103 |
Surgery |
1,360 |
558 |
45 |
0 |
464 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
33 |
663 |
325 |
268 |
70 |
37 |
102 |
Clinical medicine nec |
3,980 |
1,975 |
62 |
1 |
1,707 |
82 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
112 |
1,509 |
714 |
684 |
111 |
65 |
431 |
Other health |
2,754 |
1,430 |
37 |
1 |
1,161 |
81 |
5 |
26 |
25 |
94 |
1,171 |
649 |
480 |
42 |
27 |
126 |
Communication disorders sciences |
61 |
43 |
1 |
0 |
27 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
9 |
14 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Dental sciences |
328 |
235 |
5 |
0 |
194 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
76 |
45 |
30 |
1 |
4 |
13 |
Nursing science |
82 |
55 |
1 |
0 |
53 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
25 |
20 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Pharmaceutical sciences |
1,016 |
518 |
13 |
0 |
460 |
25 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
9 |
413 |
222 |
165 |
26 |
15 |
70 |
Veterinary sciences |
513 |
188 |
5 |
1 |
124 |
14 |
0 |
2 |
22 |
20 |
315 |
200 |
109 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
Other health nec |
754 |
391 |
12 |
0 |
303 |
33 |
4 |
13 |
0 |
26 |
328 |
153 |
167 |
8 |
0 |
35 |