Data

California Institute of Technology

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering   517   547   555   551   681   617   629   601   552   552
    Science   400   422   440   442   540   491   476   468   444   453
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   130   132   150   157   190   176   164   169   149   142
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   13   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   49   54   60   68   83   65   58   56   57   51
      Mathematics and statistics   14   5   3   3   2   1   2   0   0   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   36   44   41   38   45   40   37   27   13   30
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   171   187   186   176   220   208   214   216   212   224
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
    Engineering   117   125   115   109   141   126   153   133   108   99
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   14   9   12   17   23   16   19   14   15   13
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   22   24   25   16   22   19   18   7   7   2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   31   33   26   21   35   27   35   37   31   36
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   1   3   3   2   4   6   8   9   7   6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   7   11   9   13   10   10   11   13   12   5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   23   23   16   21   25   25   26   22   10   9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   19   22   24   19   22   23   36   31   26   28
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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