Data

U. Washington

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   498   557   666   688   632   651   664   773   724   719
    Science   423   470   556   570   533   533   536   640   583   575
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   6   8   0   0   0   34   36   30
      Biological and biomedical sciences   196   230   246   232   282   306   320   386   339   360
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Computer and information sciences   32   24   33   41   37   39   44   38   36   21
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   29   49   50   69   81   64   62   65   66   52
      Mathematics and statistics   17   16   18   17   11   10   8   7   7   7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   9   13   5   0   0   1   8   4   6
      Natural resources and conservation   26   47   63   66   21   15   13   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   107   81   108   110   93   91   77   94   92   98
      Psychology   6   9   10   16   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   10   5   9   6   8   8   11   8   3   0
    Engineering   75   87   110   118   99   118   128   133   141   144
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1   0   2   4   8   12   10   10   10   6
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   31   30   31   37   6   19   41   48   54   49
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   7   7   14   13   15   16   20   22   22   20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   7   10   17   0   20   21   12   9   9   8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   19   15   19   18   16   19   13   15   13   17
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10   13   11   15   13   14   14   11   14   16
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   10   16   13   21   17   18   16   16   25
      Other engineering   0   2   0   18   0   0   0   2   3   3
  Health   204   187   270   303   372   383   359   491   481   465
    Clinical medicine   35   150   218   253   331   332   328   426   424   419
    Other health   169   37   52   50   41   51   31   65   57   46

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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