Data

U. Florida

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   555   519   439   459   430   382   330   422   476   455
    Science   483   453   383   386   373   330   284   355   410   383
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   135   127   114   114   91   81   38   108   120   104
      Biological and biomedical sciences   225   211   139   172   181   161   142   150   160   158
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   17   17
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   6   5   3   2   3   3   5   5   3   6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   12   11   8   5   8   12   34   16   16   13
      Mathematics and statistics   2   2   1   2   2   3   3   4   3   3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   2   12   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   31   25   26   21   22   26   20   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   40   41   52   41   37   20   18   47   53   52
      Psychology   16   11   13   11   18   13   14   9   10   10
      Social sciences   16   18   15   18   11   11   9   9   28   20
    Engineering   72   66   56   73   57   52   46   67   66   72
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   10   11   11   17   15   16   0   0   14   15
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   9   7   5   8   8   8   8   7   8   11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   1   3   2   0   2   1   11   6   4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   12   11   17   19   14   9   5   6   5   8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3   2   3
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   12   15   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   6   6   6   5   4   4   4   5   9   14
      Other engineering   35   30   14   22   16   13   15   20   22   17
    Health   226   216   222   216   244   282   249   244   203   189
      Clinical medicine   138   136   139   115   132   157   138   144   121   122
      Other health   88   80   83   101   112   125   111   100   82   67

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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