Data

U. California, Los Angeles

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   787   712   704   710   680   692   711   845   842   755
    Science   653   596   590   582   565   560   577   688   733   636
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   357   331   319   314   306   317   328   405   322   269
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   10   8   8   10   14   14   12   16   17   18
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   38   30   38   43   37   26   36   44   38   21
      Mathematics and statistics   10   7   8   7   4   6   7   6   11   13
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   11   12   18   14   11   0   0   7   21   24
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   164   150   118   123   125   129   131   148   139   127
      Psychology   21   22   35   30   33   30   27   33   32   36
      Social sciences   42   36   46   41   35   38   36   29   30   22
    Engineering   134   116   114   128   115   132   134   157   109   119
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   11   5   4   11   14   21   25   20   18   15
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   26   15   16   13   14   16   20   26   21   20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   27   27   29   33   28   32   11   27   11   5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   33   28   26   36   34   32   39   43   38   41
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   23   22   22   22   14   16   18   20   0   19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   15   17
      Other engineering   14   19   17   13   11   15   21   21   6   2
    Health   254   263   232   225   231   239   221   262   278   261
      Clinical medicine   236   239   209   204   213   216   204   233   248   233
      Other health   18   24   23   21   18   23   17   29   30   28

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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