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Table 45. Postdoctoral appointees in engineering in all institutions, by state, institution, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2016

State and institution Total U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa Temporary visa holders
Hispanic or Latino Not Hispanic or Latino Unknown ethnicity and race
American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White More than one race
All institutions 7,796 111 5 641 60 12 1,401 65 295 5,206
Alabama 28 1 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 20
Auburn U. 12 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 8
U. Alabama, Birmingham 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9
U. Alabama, Huntsville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U. South Alabama 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Alaska 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
U. Alaska, Fairbanks 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Arizona 102 4 0 12 2 0 24 0 3 57
Arizona State U. 65 2 0 11 2 0 16 0 2 32
Northern Arizona U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
U. Arizona 34 2 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 24
Arkansas 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7
California 1,396 17 1 117 8 0 244 3 47 959
California Institute of Technology 133 3 0 4 2 0 23 0 0 101
California State U., Long Beach 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
International Technological U. 29 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 22
Naval Postgraduate School 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
San Diego State U. 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Santa Clara U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Stanford U. 366 3 1 23 2 0 66 2 4 265
U. California, Berkeley 182 0 0 9 0 0 14 1 12 146
U. California, Davis 116 4 0 36 1 0 32 0 13 30
U. California, Irvine 49 0 0 3 1 0 7 0 2 36
U. California, Los Angeles 109 1 0 14 1 0 13 0 2 78
U. California, Merced 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
U. California, Riverside 22 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 15
U. California, San Diego 151 3 0 10 0 0 25 0 4 109
U. California, San Francisco 57 2 0 6 1 0 18 0 1 29
U. California, Santa Barbara 101 0 0 3 0 0 26 0 5 67
U. California, Santa Cruz 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 3
U. Southern California 50 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 43
Colorado 191 9 1 11 0 0 61 0 14 95
Colorado School of Mines 35 2 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 21
Colorado State U., Fort Collins 21 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 5 11
U. Colorado 132 7 1 10 0 0 43 0 9 62
U. Denver 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Connecticut 90 0 0 7 1 0 15 0 5 62
U. Connecticut 29 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 23
Yale U. 61 0 0 7 0 0 13 0 2 39
Delaware 53 1 0 4 0 0 13 1 0 34
U. Delaware 53 1 0 4 0 0 13 1 0 34
District of Columbia 33 0 0 7 2 0 5 0 1 18
Catholic U. of America 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
George Washington U. 25 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 1 12
Howard U. 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
Florida 194 7 1 14 3 3 18 40 2 106
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Florida Institute of Technology 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Florida International U. 38 2 0 4 1 0 9 0 1 21
Florida State U. 32 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 28
U. Central Florida 32 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 28
U. Florida 67 3 1 6 0 3 0 40 0 14
U. Miami 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
U. South Florida, Tampa 13 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 8
Georgia 191 2 0 65 3 0 47 0 2 72
Emory U. 21 0 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 12
Georgia Institute of Technology 161 2 0 63 2 0 40 0 1 53
U. Georgia 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7
Hawaii 19 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 14
U. Hawaii, Manoa 19 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 14
Idaho 13 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 8
Boise State U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Idaho State U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
U. Idaho 9 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6
Illinois 418 4 0 18 5 0 70 2 14 305
Illinois Institute of Technology 23 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 16
Northern Illinois U. 18 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 12
Northwestern U. 148 1 0 11 1 0 27 0 1 107
U. Chicago 101 0 0 1 0 0 27 0 7 66
U. Illinois, Chicago 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 105 2 0 6 1 0 10 1 1 84
Indiana 192 4 0 15 0 0 29 1 1 142
Indiana U. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Purdue U. 128 1 0 8 0 0 15 1 0 103
U. Notre Dame 58 3 0 2 0 0 14 0 1 38
Valparaiso U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Iowa 73 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 58
Iowa State U. 56 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 43
U. Iowa 17 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15
Kansas 20 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 13
Kansas State U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
U. Kansas 17 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 13
Kentucky 20 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18
U. Kentucky 20 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18
Louisiana 30 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 21
Louisiana State U. 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
Louisiana Tech U. 9 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
Tulane U. 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
U. Louisiana, Lafayette 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
U. New Orleans 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Maine 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
U. Maine 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Maryland 230 5 0 15 4 0 36 2 4 164
Johns Hopkins U. 113 1 0 9 0 0 16 0 1 86
U. Maryland Baltimore 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
U. Maryland, Baltimore County 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2
U. Maryland, College Park 106 4 0 6 4 0 18 1 3 70
Massachusetts 1,036 14 0 63 4 0 181 6 37 731
Boston U. 84 0 0 11 0 0 19 0 4 50
Harvard U. 101 1 0 6 1 0 19 0 0 74
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 685 12 0 37 1 0 121 5 33 476
Northeastern U. 38 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 31
Tufts U. 50 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 37
U. Massachusetts, Amherst 38 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 31
U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U. Massachusetts, Lowell 15 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 10
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14
Michigan 285 8 0 19 2 1 54 1 6 194
Michigan State U. 33 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 30
Michigan Technological U. 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
U. Michigan 232 7 0 17 2 0 50 1 6 149
Wayne State U. 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
Western Michigan U. 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Minnesota 165 0 0 8 0 0 32 0 11 114
Mayo Clinic, Mayo Graduate School 24 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 18
U. Minnesota 141 0 0 6 0 0 28 0 11 96
Mississippi 16 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 11
Mississippi State U. 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4
U. Mississippi 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
U. Southern Mississippi 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
Missouri 88 0 0 7 0 0 17 0 1 63
Missouri U. of Science and Technology 19 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 1 11
Saint Louis U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U. Missouri, Columbia 26 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 19
Washington U., Saint Louis 42 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 32
Montana 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6
Montana State U. 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5
Montana Tech of U. Montana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nebraska 39 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 32
U. Nebraska-Lincoln 39 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 32
Nevada 17 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 13
U. Nevada, Las Vegas 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
U. Nevada, Reno 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11
New Hampshire 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 25
Dartmouth C. 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 20
U. New Hampshire 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
New Jersey 176 3 0 14 0 0 32 0 9 118
New Jersey Institute of Technology 18 2 0 5 0 0 3 0 1 7
Princeton U. 106 1 0 5 0 0 19 0 7 74
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 34 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 1 24
Stevens Institute of Technology 18 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 13
New Mexico 29 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 21
New Mexico State U. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
U. New Mexico 26 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 18
New York 349 7 0 30 0 1 57 1 9 244
Clarkson U.b 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
Columbia U. in the City of New York 105 0 0 3 0 0 19 0 0 83
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cornell U. 95 2 0 5 0 0 15 1 0 72
CUNY, City C. 12 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 6
New York U. 19 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 11
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy 45 5 0 8 0 0 7 0 1 24
Rochester Institute of Technology 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
SUNY, Binghamton U. 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
SUNY, Stony Brook U. 22 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 18
SUNY, U. Buffalo 11 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 4 0
Syracuse U. 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 8
U. Rochester 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7
North Carolina 257 1 0 37 4 0 84 0 6 125
Duke U. 90 0 0 5 2 0 32 0 1 50
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
North Carolina State U. 157 1 0 31 2 0 49 0 5 69
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U. North Carolina, Charlotte 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
North Dakota 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
North Dakota State U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U. North Dakota 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Ohio 191 1 0 8 1 0 33 0 15 133
Air Force Institute of Technology 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Case Western Reserve U. 19 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 9
Cleveland State U. 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ohio State U. 102 0 0 2 0 0 19 0 2 79
Ohio U. 9 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 4
U. Akron 28 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 24
U. Cincinnati 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
U. Dayton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U. Toledo 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wright State U. 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Oklahoma 46 0 0 5 0 0 7 0 0 34
Oklahoma State U. 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
U. Oklahoma 28 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 19
U. Tulsa 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7
Oregon 43 0 0 2 0 0 16 0 3 22
Oregon Health and Science U. 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3
Oregon State U. 23 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 1 15
Portland State U. 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 4
Pennsylvania 411 3 0 24 5 7 80 1 20 271
Carnegie Mellon U. 103 3 0 12 1 0 28 1 8 50
Drexel U. 17 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 14
Lehigh U. 32 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 21
Pennsylvania State U. 82 0 0 2 0 7 1 0 5 67
Temple U. 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
U. Pennsylvania 106 0 0 9 3 0 25 0 0 69
U. Pittsburgh 58 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 5 39
Villanova U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rhode Island 51 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 43
Brown U. 49 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 41
U. Rhode Island 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
South Carolina 102 3 0 28 4 0 16 0 1 50
Clemson U. 51 2 0 21 4 0 12 0 0 12
Medical U. South Carolina 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
U. South Carolina 49 1 0 7 0 0 3 0 1 37
South Dakota 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
Tennessee 86 2 0 5 2 0 18 0 0 59
Tennessee Technological U. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U. Memphis 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
U. Tennessee, Knoxville 44 2 0 4 1 0 8 0 0 29
Vanderbilt U. 36 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 25
Texas 501 8 0 51 6 0 70 1 6 359
Prairie View A&M U. 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rice U. 61 2 0 5 1 0 7 0 1 45
Southern Methodist U. 6 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
Texas A&M U. 92 0 0 2 3 0 6 0 0 81
Texas State U. 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Texas Tech U. 68 1 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 55
U. Houston 69 2 0 5 0 0 7 0 0 55
U. North Texas, Denton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
U. Texas Medical Branch 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
U. Texas, Arlington 23 0 0 19 0 0 3 0 0 1
U. Texas, Austin 102 0 0 6 1 0 19 0 0 76
U. Texas, Dallas 43 1 0 8 0 0 11 0 0 23
U. Texas, El Paso 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
U. Texas, San Antonio 19 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 10
Utah 47 1 0 4 0 0 8 0 3 31
Brigham Young U. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
U. Utah 29 1 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 21
Utah State U. 16 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 9
Virginia 167 1 1 10 3 0 41 0 0 111
George Mason U. 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Old Dominion U. 12 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 9
U. Virginia 42 0 0 6 0 0 13 0 0 23
Virginia Commonwealth U. 17 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 13
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 89 1 0 4 2 0 23 0 0 59
Washington 159 0 1 17 1 0 3 5 22 110
U. Washington 133 0 1 16 1 0 0 5 18 92
Washington State U. 26 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 18
West Virginia 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 10
West Virginia U. 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 10
Wisconsin 127 0 0 5 0 0 23 1 24 74
Marquette U. 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2
U. Wisconsin-Madison 98 0 0 4 0 0 19 1 7 67
U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 24 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 17 5
Wyoming 23 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 16
U. Wyoming 23 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 16
Puerto Rico 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
a Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
b In 2016, Union College, Schenectady merged with Clarkson University.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2016.