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