Data

U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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   162   169   150   151   156   150   149   132   141   150
    Science   118   124   111   110   114   109   104   94   104   107
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   18   13   11   6   12   12   13   24   27   23
      Biological and biomedical sciences   31   39   37   32   38   36   36   29   33   34
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4   8
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   13   18   19   16   10   10   8   6   7   6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   5   4   6   7   5   5   4   6   4
      Mathematics and statistics   2   2   3   2   0   0   1   3   2   3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   14   15   11   12   11   7   8   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   26   26   17   23   24   22   21   20   18   26
      Psychology   3   3   5   10   10   14   12   6   7   2
      Social sciences   5   3   4   3   1   2   0   0   0   1
    Engineering   44   45   39   41   42   41   45   38   37   43
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   3   3   1   2   1   1   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   22   23   20   22   25   25   23   6   5   6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   10   11   10   7   4   7   12   7   6   10
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   4   2   3   4   4   3   7   5   3   3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5   6   5   6   8   5   3   4   6   3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   16   17   21
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   3   6   2   2   2   3   2   0   3   3
      Clinical medicine   2   5   2   2   2   3   2   0   3   3
      Other health   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

NOTES:
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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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