Data

Johns Hopkins 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   1,090   1,058   1,043   1,065   767   726   763   628   611   606
    Science   841   846   816   839   626   592   626   515   511   515
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   17   23   33   28   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   549   558   571   579   509   472   495   353   357   341
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   66   55   61
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   38   32   20   32   13   24   15   8   5   11
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   26   18   16   16   8   10   8   8   7   6
      Mathematics and statistics   30   30   22   10   5   4   16   4   2   3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   0   6   12   4   4   2   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   122   126   80   96   44   44   49   39   37   39
      Psychology   40   53   60   56   34   28   32   30   32   32
      Social sciences   15   6   8   10   9   6   9   7   16   22
    Engineering   249   212   227   226   141   134   137   113   100   91
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   77   68   68   44   30   36   40   31   26   22
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   52   44   39   54   32   36   29   22   22   21
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   36   28   34   28   14   10   12   8   11   9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   20   14   14   20   13   12   10   9   5   3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   34   40   34   36   26   24   28   23   24   25
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   30   18   38   44   26   16   18   13   12   11
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   0   0
    Health   943   916   919   903   1,040   1,060   1,005   1,069   1,068   1,109
      Clinical medicine   937   911   916   902   1,014   1,037   994   1,051   1,050   1,091
      Other health   6   5   3   1   26   23   11   18   18   18

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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