Data

Texas A&M 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   514   509   359   558   437   456   544   544   549   465
    Science   413   410   239   429   328   350   459   452   477   407
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   92   88   27   42   45   42   47   61   56   30
      Biological and biomedical sciences   143   181   98   259   140   165   177   234   247   217
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   5   3   4   3   2   3   3   3   3   2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   23   16   25   20   13   12   18   14   14   20
      Mathematics and statistics   10   9   8   22   24   22   21   23   37   30
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   5   17   3   1   22   18   96   10   16   0
      Natural resources and conservation   2   2   1   4   13   16   16   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   89   65   57   66   65   70   76   83   84   99
      Psychology   32   17   8   5   0   0   0   7   1   2
      Social sciences   12   12   8   7   4   2   5   11   12   7
    Engineering   101   99   120   129   109   106   85   92   72   58
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   6   8   11   13   11   12   8   6   4   4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   16   9   10   15   9   9   8   7   6   4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   19   14   16   16   22   24   20   16   11   11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   11   16   16   11   8   6   2   5   6   1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   19   15   21   19   16   14   13   13   10   11
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   7   3   3   7   7   9   9   9   8   6
      Mechanical engineering   12   10   17   15   11   11   5   8   11   9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   14   17   17   17   11   11   15   5   2
      Other engineering   11   10   9   16   8   10   9   13   11   10
  Health   23   22   22   52   31   52   57   58   66   43
    Clinical medicine   6   12   9   22   5   3   5   5   5   0
    Other health   17   10   13   30   26   49   52   53   61   43

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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