Data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering   1,452   1,463   1,358   1,335   1,344   1,433   1,413   1,423   1,503   1,493
    Science   720   751   712   758   752   795   770   767   818   777
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   226   242   245   298   315   321   301   305   186   197
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   39   38
      Computer and information sciences   96   107   107   99   102   108   98   91   96   100
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   55   69   46   59   51   50   55   58   59   59
      Mathematics and statistics   20   29   25   24   26   24   25   26   19   15
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   19   24   26   17   21   22   21   18   25   26
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   291   260   245   241   226   256   261   260   265   239
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   13   20   18   20   11   14   9   9   11   7
    Engineering   732   712   646   577   592   638   643   656   685   716
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   35   35   31   22   19   18   26   25   24   29
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   137   135   143   128   133   138   155   149   145   145
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   147   131   116   93   87   90   84   90   100   109
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   72   72   53   51   71   58   45   49   58   59
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   102   97   97   83   81   98   110   117   116   121
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   25   27   24   20   23   32   25   22   19   19
      Mechanical engineering   102   100   82   73   85   99   87   88   101   110
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   63   70   69   68   64   70   71   73   72   76
      Other engineering   49   45   31   39   29   35   40   43   50   48
      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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