Data

North Carolina State 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   491   393   394   506   365   483   504   461   459   454
    Science   344   245   223   309   271   312   344   304   304   298
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   176   59   60   13   41   81   79   64   68   65
      Biological and biomedical sciences   74   100   79   202   106   107   108   131   132   132
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2   1   4   2   3   9   8   12   9   5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   8   11   16   17   18   16
      Mathematics and statistics   13   7   8   10   10   18   21   21   25   24
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   3   2   2   2   1   3   4   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   29   26   20   1   25   24   30   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   41   40   44   63   58   40   57   53   47   48
      Psychology   2   4   2   3   2   3   4   2   1   2
      Social sciences   4   6   4   13   17   16   17   4   4   6
    Engineering   147   148   171   197   94   171   160   157   155   156
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   10   10   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   18   21   52   71   15   24   23   23   21   18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   20   20   21   0   18   29   29   43   36   39
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   25   23   23   52   14   16   13   11   12   13
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   22   18   22   2   12   19   18   18   15   20
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   1   1   1   43   1   1   1   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   19   14   13   9   7   0   0   9   13   10
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   5   7   6   3   10   44   41   40   42   33
      Other engineering   37   44   33   17   17   28   25   13   16   23
    Health   4   97   104   75   94   16   13   24   38   19
      Clinical medicine   4   89   11   75   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   0   8   93   0   94   16   13   24   38   19

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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