Data

Texas A&M U.

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   520   514   509   359   558   437   456   544   544   549
    Science   387   413   410   239   429   328   350   459   452   477
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   92   92   88   27   42   45   42   47   61   56
      Biological and biomedical sciences   137   143   181   98   259   140   165   177   234   247
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   5   3   4   3   2   3   3   3   3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   20   23   16   25   20   13   12   18   14   14
      Mathematics and statistics   10   10   9   8   22   24   22   21   23   37
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   5   17   3   1   22   18   96   10   16
      Natural resources and conservation   1   2   2   1   4   13   16   16   0   0
      Physical sciences   88   89   65   57   66   65   70   76   83   84
      Psychology   15   32   17   8   5   0   0   0   7   1
      Social sciences   20   12   12   8   7   4   2   5   11   12
    Engineering   133   101   99   120   129   109   106   85   92   72
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   9   6   8   11   13   11   12   8   6   4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   18   16   9   10   15   9   9   8   7   6
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   25   19   14   16   16   22   24   20   16   11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   11   16   16   11   8   6   2   5   6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   16   19   15   21   19   16   14   13   13   10
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   4   7   3   3   7   7   9   9   9   8
      Mechanical engineering   13   12   10   17   15   11   11   5   8   11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   14   17   17   17   11   11   15   5
      Other engineering   36   11   10   9   16   8   10   9   13   11
    Health   60   23   22   22   52   31   52   57   58   66
      Clinical medicine   11   6   12   9   22   5   3   5   5   5
      Other health   49   17   10   13   30   26   49   52   53   61

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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