Data

U. California, Los Angeles

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   712   704   710   680   692   711   845   842   755   810
    Science   596   590   582   565   560   577   688   733   636   689
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   331   319   314   306   317   328   405   322   269   334
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   8   8   10   14   14   12   16   17   18   23
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   30   38   43   37   26   36   44   38   21   32
      Mathematics and statistics   7   8   7   4   6   7   6   11   13   16
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   12   18   14   11   0   0   7   21   24   23
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   150   118   123   125   129   131   148   139   127   121
      Psychology   22   35   30   33   30   27   33   32   36   42
      Social sciences   36   46   41   35   38   36   29   30   22   16
    Engineering   116   114   128   115   132   134   157   109   119   121
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   5   4   11   14   21   25   20   18   15   18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   15   16   13   14   16   20   26   21   20   17
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   27   29   33   28   32   11   27   11   5   6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   28   26   36   34   32   39   43   38   41   39
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   22   22   22   14   16   18   20   0   19   20
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   15   17   17
      Other engineering   19   17   13   11   15   21   21   6   2   4
  Health   263   232   225   231   239   221   262   278   261   278
    Clinical medicine   239   209   204   213   216   204   233   248   233   241
    Other health   24   23   21   18   23   17   29   30   28   37

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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