Data

U. Washington

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   492   498   557   666   688   632   651   664   773   724
    Science   434   423   470   556   570   533   533   536   640   583
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   6   8   0   0   0   34   36
      Biological and biomedical sciences   193   196   230   246   232   282   306   320   386   339
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   43   32   24   33   41   37   39   44   38   36
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   27   29   49   50   69   81   64   62   65   66
      Mathematics and statistics   13   17   16   18   17   11   10   8   7   7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   9   13   5   0   0   1   8   4
      Natural resources and conservation   34   26   47   63   66   21   15   13   0   0
      Physical sciences   107   107   81   108   110   93   91   77   94   92
      Psychology   8   6   9   10   16   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   9   10   5   9   6   8   8   11   8   3
    Engineering   58   75   87   110   118   99   118   128   133   141
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   1   0   2   4   8   12   10   10   10
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   26   31   30   31   37   6   19   41   48   54
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   5   7   7   14   13   15   16   20   22   22
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   5   7   10   17   0   20   21   12   9   9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   13   19   15   19   18   16   19   13   15   13
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   9   10   13   11   15   13   14   14   11   14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   10   16   13   21   17   18   16   16
      Other engineering   0   0   2   0   18   0   0   0   2   3
    Health   207   204   187   270   303   372   383   359   491   481
      Clinical medicine   33   35   150   218   253   331   332   328   426   424
      Other health   174   169   37   52   50   41   51   31   65   57

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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