Data

Georgia 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   306   300   370   346   370   373   289   283   237   217
    Science   122   123   156   145   164   173   173   122   112   93
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   19   24   23   25   26   38   81   9   28   20
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   9   9   11   13   14   11   8   18   10   10
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   10   10   16   12   12   10   10   9   10   5
      Mathematics and statistics   32   34   27   20   21   18   21   21   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   0   35   32   29   35   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   41   39   36   36   55   56   46   48   54   55
      Psychology   5   5   4   3   4   3   3   4   5   1
      Social sciences   4   2   4   4   3   2   4   10   5   2
    Engineering   184   177   214   201   206   200   116   161   125   124
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   13   10   8   8   11   9   4   6   8   7
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   22   20   44   43   45   40   23   27   23   26
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   36   31   34   33   40   44   37   40   31   36
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   17   14   21   22   18   15   5   21   10   7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   23   28   30   29   23   20   12   13   12   14
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   17   16   12   5   9   13   5   9   4   2
      Mechanical engineering   39   37   45   44   42   39   19   21   20   14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   17   21   20   17   16   18   11   18   17   18
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   2   2   0   6   0   0
  Health   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
    Other health   0   1   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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