Data

Massachusetts 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   1,677   1,553   1,546   1,568   1,720   1,413   1,423   1,503   1,493   1,516
    Science   855   807   862   859   957   770   767   818   777   780
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   267   277   339   363   381   301   305   186   197   199
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   118   96   121
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   39   38   36
      Computer and information sciences   115   118   111   121   134   98   91   96   100   99
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   78   51   66   56   55   55   58   59   59   67
      Mathematics and statistics   34   29   27   29   25   25   26   19   15   27
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   28   28   19   23   28   21   18   25   26   10
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   308   283   275   253   315   261   260   265   239   217
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   25   21   25   14   19   9   9   11   7   4
    Engineering   822   746   684   709   763   643   656   685   716   736
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   36   35   25   22   20   26   25   24   29   25
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   151   164   152   158   163   155   149   145   145   130
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   151   132   110   105   109   84   90   100   109   124
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   82   59   60   82   73   45   49   58   59   66
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   118   117   101   103   122   110   117   116   121   131
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   32   28   23   28   40   25   22   19   19   19
      Mechanical engineering   115   94   87   97   114   87   88   101   110   113
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   81   81   78   77   82   71   73   72   76   76
      Other engineering   56   36   48   37   40   40   43   50   48   52
      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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