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Table 4-5. Units and institutions with graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers, by detailed field: 2018

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 13,000 707 10,093 694 7,083 407 7,211 335 4,987 259
Science 9,338 682 6,984 667 5,113 377 4,145 326 2,891 249
Agricultural sciences 290 87 267 87 183 54 187 56 146 46
Biological and biomedical sciences 2,614 513 1,545 488 1,839 290 1,733 281 1,163 205
Biochemistry 188 155 84 78 159 134 125 109 101 81
Biology 394 350 349 321 161 150 200 167 129 111
Biomedical sciences 159 122 105 85 95 82 60 45 27 24
Biophysics 39 35 3 3 39 35 15 13 5 5
Biostatistics and bioinformatics 176 110 126 93 118 79 84 57 63 43
Biotechnology 67 63 61 57 8 8 17 16 12 11
Botany and plant biology 68 50 55 45 60 44 48 35 35 26
Cell, cellular biology, and anatomical sciences 190 132 74 64 161 117 119 93 87 68
Ecology and population biology 109 87 71 61 79 65 58 46 45 34
Epidemiology 70 65 50 49 57 54 36 33 20 19
Genetics 102 75 51 43 77 62 91 60 63 40
Microbiological sciences and immunology 177 128 79 67 148 112 153 105 108 79
Molecular biology 53 48 21 21 38 34 39 33 29 22
Neurobiology and neuroscience 169 130 35 33 156 124 141 92 92 68
Nutrition science 103 83 94 76 54 48 41 32 37 21
Pathology and experimental pathology 48 46 15 15 44 42 81 55 47 40
Pharmacology and toxicology 133 104 60 56 117 94 101 83 71 58
Physiology 176 124 90 78 131 95 167 93 94 62
Zoology and animal biology 77 54 63 48 66 47 48 37 33 25
Biological and biomedical sciences nec 116 69 59 40 71 50 109 54 65 39
Computer and information sciences 858 414 785 409 267 179 163 114 126 80
Computer science 261 220 243 210 112 102 66 61 52 45
Computer and information sciences, general 331 231 292 223 110 84 57 48 45 32
Computer and information sciences nec 266 183 250 175 45 38 40 32 29 25
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 401 224 344 210 265 156 250 137 206 110
Atmospheric sciences and meteorology 53 47 43 42 43 41 46 34 41 28
Geological and earth sciences 271 195 233 182 170 134 123 105 104 77
Ocean and marine sciences 77 58 68 55 52 44 53 39 44 33
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec ne ne ne ne ne ne 28 13 17 9
Mathematics and statistics 641 347 554 334 323 196 171 122 69 52
Mathematics and applied mathematics 467 338 398 316 234 190 130 116 49 44
Statistics 174 148 156 141 89 82 41 39 20 19
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 299 186 233 159 112 86 181 84 155 60
Natural resources and conservation 356 203 312 193 146 99 137 86 118 65
Environmental science and studies 202 148 173 131 64 56 60 49 47 33
Forestry, natural resources, and conservation 154 88 139 86 82 53 77 49 71 41
Physical sciences 782 325 560 303 549 227 551 229 377 162
Astronomy and astrophysics 60 49 15 15 54 44 61 45 45 32
Chemistry 360 304 290 262 231 203 220 194 144 128
Materials sciences 47 37 30 28 38 30 27 20 23 18
Physics 287 240 205 188 213 187 225 180 150 113
Physical sciences nec 28 23 20 17 13 12 18 16 15 10
Psychology 1,022 461 716 394 466 238 215 136 114 82
Clinical psychology 129 115 68 59 71 67 19 17 5 4
Counseling and applied psychology 482 306 375 266 192 134 61 44 23 18
Psychology, general 299 270 222 207 127 114 103 95 64 58
Research and experimental psychology 112 90 51 47 76 62 32 30 22 20
Social sciences 2,075 417 1,668 404 963 209 557 144 417 119
Agricultural economics 50 44 42 41 28 26 21 19 18 17
Anthropology 175 157 132 126 105 100 54 51 33 28
Criminal justice and safety studies 103 98 100 97 21 21 7 6 6 6
Economics (except agricultural) 263 200 202 169 149 131 43 37 41 33
Geography and cartography 166 139 159 136 68 65 43 40 30 24
History and philosophy of science 15 15 9 9 14 14 7 7 1 1
Human development 65 60 55 53 27 26 34 28 26 21
International relations and national security studies 97 75 91 72 17 15 11 10 9 8
Linguistics 102 88 78 68 56 55 22 22 15 13
Political science and government 221 198 168 156 128 123 46 42 23 20
Public policy analysis 133 101 102 82 56 49 59 45 62 40
Sociology 234 207 165 152 129 120 65 53 42 33
Social sciences nec 451 205 365 185 165 93 145 59 111 45
Engineering 2,246 328 2,016 320 1,338 227 1,011 204 751 164
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 63 59 62 59 48 47 29 28 26 23
Agricultural engineering 30 25 29 25 25 23 21 19 17 16
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 192 164 166 150 138 129 121 103 76 69
Biological and biosystems engineering 14 14 8 8 13 13 15 14 9 8
Chemical engineering 164 140 145 128 128 120 122 112 71 62
Civil engineering 326 202 302 200 187 140 146 110 107 81
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 417 258 392 256 221 172 150 128 120 92
Engineering mechanics, physics, and science 59 46 44 35 42 36 19 16 18 15
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 213 143 194 135 101 87 46 40 39 30
Mechanical engineering 261 228 250 225 166 157 136 122 98 89
Metallurgical and materials engineering 120 88 99 80 90 78 63 50 53 41
Mining engineering 28 17 26 17 15 10 13 11 12 9
Nanotechnology 6 6 4 4 2 2 19 14 11 10
Nuclear engineering 34 28 31 28 29 25 14 13 13 10
Petroleum engineering 25 23 23 23 15 15 10 9 12 11
Engineering nec 294 152 241 137 118 79 87 62 69 47
Health 1,416 425 1,093 403 632 213 2,055 166 1,345 144
Clinical medicinea 489 236 429 232 184 101 1,605 122 1,044 100
Anesthesiology ne ne ne ne ne ne 48 38 38 31
Cardiology ne ne ne ne ne ne 59 35 33 21
Endocrinology ne ne ne ne ne ne 37 30 27 23
Gastroenterology ne ne ne ne ne ne 35 29 20 20
Hematology ne ne ne ne ne ne 27 22 22 19
Neurology ne ne ne ne ne ne 114 57 66 40
Obstetrics and gynecology ne ne ne ne ne ne 52 39 27 26
Oncology and cancer research ne ne ne ne ne ne 129 44 49 29
Ophthalmology ne ne ne ne ne ne 69 53 45 39
Otorhinolaryngology ne ne ne ne ne ne 34 33 29 28
Pediatrics ne ne ne ne ne ne 107 53 60 45
Psychiatry ne ne ne ne ne ne 76 55 52 40
Public health 439 230 386 224 165 95 149 80 119 61
Pulmonary disease ne ne ne ne ne ne 30 27 25 21
Radiological sciences ne ne ne ne ne ne 84 42 52 32
Surgery ne ne ne ne ne ne 164 60 113 45
Clinical medicine nec 50 44 43 39 19 19 391 87 267 65
Other health 927 380 664 343 448 194 450 137 301 113
Communication disorders sciences 237 220 215 210 73 67 32 31 25 25
Dental sciences 101 44 90 42 24 20 57 34 33 20
Nursing science 119 114 17 17 111 109 38 33 40 31
Pharmaceutical sciences 117 79 72 56 91 62 101 65 63 43
Veterinary biomedical and clinical sciences 36 28 28 25 23 20 80 39 54 30
Other health nec 317 223 242 196 126 93 142 80 86 48
ne = not eligible.
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. Unit counts do not sum across columns.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2018.