Data

U. Pennsylvania

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   721   747   627   620   751   731   720   629   594 i   578 i
    Science   612   649   509   508   636   622   604   523   490 i   495 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   62   59   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   356   397   363   401   425   395   388   317   302 i   307 i
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   23   22 i   24 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8   10 i   10 i
      Computer and information sciences   16   14   17   20   21   19   28   21   17 i   15 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   12   5   3   4   9   9   3   8   9 i   11 i
      Mathematics and statistics   21   27   10   6   6   6   16   24   11 i   5 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Physical sciences   82   84   74   52   100   101   100   86   76 i   75 i
      Psychology   25   31   22   23   46   67   47   22   27 i   27 i
      Social sciences   36   31   20   2   29   25   22   14   16 i   21 i
    Engineering   109   98   118   112   115   109   116   106   104 i   83 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   31   30   35   42   39   38   41   36   32 i   23 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   18   16   17   14   23   22   22   17   21 i   14 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   25   16   25   25   21   20   21   25   21 i   16 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Mechanical engineering   10   16   24   20   15   14   14   13   13 i   12 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   25   18   16   10   17   15   18   15   17 i   18 i
      Other engineering   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
    Health   495   411   428   391   412   410   351   335   307 i   341 i
      Clinical medicine   431   375   418   388   407   404   344   301   275 i   313 i
      Other health   64   36   10   3   5   6   7   34   32 i   28 i

i=imputed

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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