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Table 4-18b. Other health postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017

Characteristic Postdoctoral appointees Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers
Number Percent Number Percent
Institutions 135 19.2 100 14.2
Schools 156 19.2 105 12.9
Units 426 2.3 275 1.5
All individuals 2,553 100.0 1,190 100.0
Male 1,259 49.3 564 47.4
Female 1,294 50.7 626 52.6
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 1,319 51.7 na na
Hispanic or Latino 70 2.7 na na
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 8 0.3 na na
Asian 243 9.5 na na
Black or African American 51 2.0 na na
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.3 na na
White 701 27.5 na na
More than one race 76 3.0 na na
Unknown ethnicity and race 162 6.3 na na
Temporary visa holders 1,234 48.3 na na
Primary source of support
Federal 1,108 43.4 na na
Nonfederalb 985 38.6 na na
Personal resources 7 0.3 na na
Unknown or not stated 453 17.7 na na
Primary mechanism of support
Fellowships 355 13.9 na na
Research grants 1,302 51.0 na na
Traineeships 179 7.0 na na
Other types of support 717 28.1 na na
Degree typec
Doctoral degree 1,710 67.0 731 61.4
Professional degree 164 6.4 153 12.9
Dual degree 57 2.2 31 2.6
Unknown 622 24.4 275 23.1
Degree origin
United States 831 32.5 na na
Foreign country 626 24.5 na na
Unknown 1,096 42.9 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.
c 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.