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Table 4-17b. Clinical medicine postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017

Characteristic Postdoctoral appointees Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers
Number Percent Number Percent
Institutions 119 16.9 98 13.9
Schools 147 18.1 109 13.4
Units 1,597 8.5 1,121 6.0
All individuals 16,100 100.0 6,448 100.0
Male 8,262 51.3 3,140 48.7
Female 7,838 48.7 3,308 51.3
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 8,148 50.6 na na
Hispanic or Latino 502 3.1 na na
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 37 0.2 na na
Asian 1,951 12.1 na na
Black or African American 347 2.2 na na
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 52 0.3 na na
White 4,366 27.1 na na
More than one race 181 1.1 na na
Unknown ethnicity and race 712 4.4 na na
Temporary visa holders 7,952 49.4 na na
Primary source of support
Federal 7,272 45.2 na na
Nonfederalb 6,852 42.6 na na
Personal resources 372 2.3 na na
Unknown or not stated 1,604 10.0 na na
Primary mechanism of support
Fellowships 1,515 9.4 na na
Research grants 7,380 45.8 na na
Traineeships 1,809 11.2 na na
Other types of support 5,396 33.5 na na
Degree typec
Doctoral degree 10,511 65.3 3,814 59.2
Professional degree 2,998 18.6 940 14.6
Dual degree 663 4.1 308 4.8
Unknown 1,928 12.0 1,386 21.5
Degree origin
United States 5,912 36.7 na na
Foreign country 5,477 34.0 na na
Unknown 4,711 29.3 na na
na = not applicable; citizenship, race and ethnicity, source of support, mechanism of support, and degree origin data are not collected for doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers.
a Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
b Nonfederal includes foreign support.
b Doctoral degree includes PhD, ScD, DEng, etc.; professional degree includes MD, DVM, DO, DDS, etc.; dual degree includes both professional and doctoral degrees (MD-PhD, DVM-PhD, etc.).
NOTES: "Field" refers to the field of the unit that reports postdoctorates and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering. Percentages may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2017.