Data

Pennsylvania 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   416   428   362   524   475   374   363   431   403   422
    Science   317   346   289   450   372   291   282   349   307   310
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   20   27   24   0   20   19   15   29   17   19
      Biological and biomedical sciences   97   112   116   273   163   106   113   175   148   153
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   10   8   2   3   3   6   7   20   23   18
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   15   14   2   9   20   19   21   22   17   17
      Mathematics and statistics   18   13   13   9   9   17   16   10   7   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   8   10   2   10   12   14   8   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   23   21   12   0   10   7   7   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   85   96   91   98   75   64   64   72   69   81
      Psychology   23   19   13   24   17   15   9   9   15   12
      Social sciences   18   26   14   24   43   24   22   10   9   8
    Engineering   99   82   73   74   103   83   81   82   96   112
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   2   0   1   2   0   0   1   1   2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   14   14   13   10   12   10   12   14   11   8
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   14   10   9   9   13   14   17   11   18   20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   12   14   16   12   7   7   7   7   22
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   11   7   8   10   12   9   10   9   16   15
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   2   2   1   0   1   3   2
      Mechanical engineering   14   12   8   9   8   0   2   10   14   14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   2   3   1   2   28   20   15   22   18   22
      Other engineering   32   22   20   15   14   22   18   7   8   7
  Health   7   6   2   50   35   27   36   30   33   34
    Clinical medicine   0   0   2   47   26   0   23   29   28   22
    Other health   7   6   0   3   9   27   13   1   5   12

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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