Data

Duke U.

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   566   474   504   543   558   515   463   421   411   399
    Science   478   383   401   424   433   406   369   331   329   317
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   1   2   1   1   0   0   0   18   14   11
      Biological and biomedical sciences   257   237   252   267   262   238   210   171   160   192
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   19   25   22
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   6   7   4   7   6   6   5   4   2   4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   6   8
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   7   5   4   7   5   6   6   16   10
      Mathematics and statistics   12   10   10   13   18   22   16   11   10   7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   45   39   37   34   42   48   48   8   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   10   8   8   7   8   11   10   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   76   29   36   42   43   35   34   34   42   40
      Psychology   14   10   9   6   0   2   1   17   27   8
      Social sciences   52   34   39   43   47   39   39   33   27   15
    Engineering   88   91   103   119   125   109   94   90   82   82
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   42   50   55   58   53   45   41   35   31   24
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   7   4   3   5   11   14   14   18   16   12
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   19   22   27   32   39   30   21   16   24   33
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   17   13   15   20   17   20   18   12   11   13
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   3   2   3   4   5   0   0   9   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   117   125   129   142   155   156   137   166   173   257
      Clinical medicine   116   124   128   140   151   152   134   161   170   254
      Other health   1   1   1   2   4   4   3   5   3   3

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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