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Table 4-17b. Clinical medicine postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2018

Characteristic Postdoctoral appointees Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers
Number Percent Number Percent
Institutions 122 17.1 100 14.0
Schools 150 18.4 114 14.0
Units 1,605 8.2 1,044 5.3
All individuals 16,563 100.0 6,159 100.0
Male 8,531 51.5 3,089 50.2
Female 8,032 48.5 3,070 49.8
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 8,113 49.0 na na
Hispanic or Latino 595 3.6 na na
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 23 0.1 na na
Asian 1,960 11.8 na na
Black or African American 416 2.5 na na
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 26 0.2 na na
White 4,346 26.2 na na
More than one race 137 0.8 na na
Unknown ethnicity and race 610 3.7 na na
Temporary visa holders 8,450 51.0 na na
Primary source of support
Federal 7,679 46.4 na na
Nonfederalb 6,921 41.8 na na
Personal resources 515 3.1 na na
Unknown or not stated 1,448 8.7 na na
Primary mechanism of support
Fellowships 2,218 13.4 na na
Research grants 7,257 43.8 na na
Traineeships 1,842 11.1 na na
Other types of support 5,246 31.7 na na
Degree typec
Doctoral degree 10,369 62.6 3,771 61.2
Professional degree 3,000 18.1 831 13.5
Dual degree 751 4.5 202 3.3
Unknown 2,443 14.7 1,355 22.0
Degree origin
United States 6,000 36.2 na na
Foreign country 5,863 35.4 na na
Unknown 4,700 28.4 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. Clinical medicine includes graduate students in public health and clinical medicine not elsewhere classified.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2018.