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Table 4-5. Units and institutions with graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers, by detailed field: 2017

Detailed field Graduate students Postdoctoral appointees Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers
All graduate students Master's Doctoral
Units Institutions Units Institutions Units Institutions Units Institutions Units Institutions
All detailed fields 12,479 695 9,625 678 6,915 399 7,080 336 4,856 262
Science 8,952 669 6,649 649 4,970 372 4,068 327 2,754 253
Agricultural sciences 267 84 247 83 176 52 179 53 134 46
Biological and biomedical sciences 2,586 502 1,503 473 1,816 285 1,725 273 1,136 201
Biochemistry 194 154 90 83 159 131 126 108 105 81
Biology 392 350 344 321 162 150 191 165 111 100
Biomedical sciences 153 119 93 78 96 82 59 43 27 25
Biophysics 41 36 5 5 40 35 13 12 5 5
Biostatistics and bioinformatics 162 112 121 94 104 74 82 54 56 42
Biotechnology 64 60 59 55 6 6 16 15 14 12
Botany and plant biology 69 46 53 42 61 43 46 35 36 26
Cell, cellular biology, and anatomical sciences 176 127 74 62 144 112 123 97 78 63
Ecology and population biology 100 85 60 56 75 64 62 48 40 32
Epidemiology 66 60 47 45 54 52 32 30 24 22
Genetics 101 73 47 38 78 62 94 61 67 42
Microbiological sciences and immunology 188 131 84 74 151 113 158 109 119 78
Molecular biology 52 47 19 18 38 34 34 29 23 20
Neurobiology and neuroscience 168 125 39 38 154 119 150 99 100 69
Nutrition science 88 76 82 72 46 44 32 30 22 20
Pathology and experimental pathology 50 47 13 13 45 42 81 57 47 42
Pharmacology and toxicology 138 102 62 56 119 92 108 90 78 59
Physiology 188 123 98 81 138 95 165 92 95 61
Zoology and animal biology 82 52 65 47 69 46 50 35 34 28
Biological and biomedical sciences nec 114 65 48 34 77 47 103 56 55 33
Computer and information sciences 777 398 719 390 229 171 174 123 111 81
Computer science 243 214 226 204 102 100 81 73 52 44
Computer and information sciences, general 303 216 274 207 91 74 63 53 44 37
Computer and information sciences nec 231 159 219 155 36 31 30 27 15 13
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 392 225 333 211 257 153 251 137 198 101
Atmospheric sciences and meteorology 53 45 42 40 42 39 44 34 39 27
Geological and earth sciences 251 191 216 177 159 129 117 102 88 63
Ocean and marine sciences 80 58 67 56 52 43 59 40 49 35
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 8 7 8 7 4 3 31 17 22 15
Mathematics and statistics 607 338 526 326 309 193 167 124 67 50
Mathematics and applied mathematics 443 329 381 306 223 186 132 118 50 44
Statistics 164 141 145 132 86 80 35 33 17 16
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 276 177 206 144 111 82 187 86 161 66
Natural resources and conservation 318 193 275 183 144 97 120 76 87 54
Environmental science and studies 169 135 139 120 65 55 49 43 31 23
Forestry, natural resources, and conservation 149 88 136 87 79 52 71 45 56 37
Physical sciences 758 326 558 304 535 227 559 228 374 164
Astronomy and astrophysics 55 48 15 15 49 44 56 41 46 33
Chemistry 355 306 289 266 230 205 222 199 140 128
Materials sciences 44 39 30 29 37 33 31 25 21 18
Physics 278 240 206 189 206 186 228 181 154 118
Physical sciences nec 26 22 18 16 13 12 22 16 13 9
Psychology 986 456 694 389 459 236 202 140 106 77
Clinical psychology 125 117 64 61 73 70 21 19 9 8
Counseling and applied psychology 470 297 363 261 197 136 47 36 24 17
Psychology, general 286 259 215 201 120 112 105 98 50 48
Research and experimental psychology 105 86 52 47 69 58 29 26 23 19
Social sciences 1,985 407 1,588 390 934 206 504 133 380 115
Agricultural economics 46 43 41 40 29 28 19 17 17 16
Anthropology 176 156 129 122 106 97 57 56 29 25
Criminal justice and safety studies 95 91 92 90 18 18 1 1 4 4
Economics (except agricultural) 251 198 197 166 135 124 40 34 42 37
Geography and cartography 159 132 148 128 70 65 34 32 29 23
History and philosophy of science 14 14 8 8 13 13 7 6 3 3
Human development 58 55 50 50 24 23 36 31 32 26
International relations and national security studies 88 73 84 69 15 15 10 10 7 6
Linguistics 104 93 75 69 63 62 20 20 16 14
Political science and government 221 196 170 153 128 125 44 40 21 19
Public policy analysis 124 92 89 72 54 45 42 37 48 36
Sociology 235 212 169 160 127 120 61 54 41 30
Social sciences nec 414 196 336 179 152 88 133 60 91 37
Engineering 2,190 321 1,965 313 1,339 227 989 196 706 164
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 62 57 60 56 48 47 31 30 22 22
Agricultural engineering 36 27 32 27 28 24 20 19 16 16
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 180 157 157 144 129 122 123 104 82 74
Biological and biosystems engineering 11 11 7 7 10 10 10 10 6 6
Chemical engineering 161 139 146 132 130 122 115 103 68 62
Civil engineering 315 199 288 196 187 143 145 113 99 76
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 415 252 391 250 233 172 154 123 117 89
Engineering mechanics, physics, and science 59 48 45 37 42 36 19 17 18 13
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 210 142 189 132 105 87 41 36 40 31
Mechanical engineering 260 225 243 220 168 159 140 131 99 91
Metallurgical and materials engineering 112 84 91 77 89 78 57 47 39 34
Mining engineering 31 19 26 18 17 12 10 10 11 9
Nanotechnology 8 7 5 4 3 3 16 14 13 10
Nuclear engineering 33 26 29 25 27 24 13 11 9 9
Petroleum engineering 23 22 21 21 15 15 10 10 9 9
Engineering nec 274 145 235 136 108 74 85 58 58 46
Health 1,337 412 1,011 388 606 208 2,023 164 1,396 131
Clinical medicinea 448 225 387 219 177 101 1,597 119 1,121 98
Anesthesiology ne ne ne ne ne ne 50 42 38 34
Cardiology ne ne ne ne ne ne 59 38 37 25
Endocrinology ne ne ne ne ne ne 32 27 25 20
Gastroenterology ne ne ne ne ne ne 31 28 20 18
Hematology ne ne ne ne ne ne 27 23 20 19
Neurology ne ne ne ne ne ne 110 53 77 37
Obstetrics and gynecology ne ne ne ne ne ne 52 39 34 31
Oncology and cancer research ne ne ne ne ne ne 123 46 51 31
Ophthalmology ne ne ne ne ne ne 69 50 51 38
Otorhinolaryngology ne ne ne ne ne ne 32 31 26 26
Pediatrics ne ne ne ne ne ne 88 55 74 46
Psychiatry ne ne ne ne ne ne 86 57 50 37
Public health 403 219 348 210 161 96 143 82 116 58
Pulmonary disease ne ne ne ne ne ne 33 29 28 23
Radiological sciences ne ne ne ne ne ne 90 43 57 34
Surgery ne ne ne ne ne ne 158 62 107 47
Clinical medicine nec 45 40 39 36 16 16 414 84 310 66
Other health 889 368 624 328 429 188 426 135 275 100
Communication disorders sciences 234 213 206 201 74 67 28 27 21 19
Dental sciences 94 41 84 38 22 20 52 33 28 18
Nursing science 129 116 22 17 116 112 38 35 32 28
Pharmaceutical sciences 103 76 64 54 79 59 97 63 66 41
Veterinary biomedical and clinical sciences 37 27 30 24 22 20 77 37 45 24
Other health nec 292 199 218 176 116 85 134 79 83 44
nec = not elsewhere classified.
a Clinical medicine includes graduate students in public health and clinical medicine nec. Clinical medicine includes postdoctoral appointees and nonfaculty researchers in anesthesiology, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology and cancer research, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, pediatrics, psychiatry, public health, pulmonary disease, radiology, surgery, and clinical medicine nec.
NOTES: "Field" refers to the field of the unit that reports postdoctoral appointees and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering. Percentage may not add to total because of rounding. Unit counts do not sum across columns.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2017.