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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   434   376   261   414   418   465   427   390   413   377
    Science   378   340   236   354   369   412   402   356   336   346
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   33   32   20   1   34   54   22   16   18   15
      Biological and biomedical sciences   146   142   101   181   175   196   146   129   117   109
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
      Computer and information sciences   2   3   2   4   6   6   13   12   6   9
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   1   5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   25   20   15   35   23   20   30   30   30   35
      Mathematics and statistics   22   22   18   26   25   25   21   17   13   15
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   3   1   3   2   1   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   23   19   13   5   17   23   11   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   78   65   42   67   60   55   119   116   123   129
      Psychology   9   8   7   13   12   12   17   9   6   4
      Social sciences   36   26   17   19   15   20   23   19   20   21
    Engineering   56   36   25   60   49   53   25   34   77   31
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   8   10   5
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   5   4   3   5   6   6   4   0   2   2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   7   5   5   10   7   3   5   6   9   9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   2   2   0   2   2   0   6   1   13   3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   21   14   10   28   24   32   0   4   11   5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   7   5   2   0   0   0   0   0   5   0
      Mechanical engineering   9   4   2   6   5   4   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   5   2   3   9   5   8   0   8   21   4
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   7   6   3
  Health   24   15   7   48   43   32   58   61   58   74
    Clinical medicine   19   12   6   16   16   11   43   45   39   59
    Other health   5   3   1   32   27   21   15   16   19   15

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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