Data

Vanderbilt U.

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   303   278   259   327   302   331   377   386   390   380
    Science   269   248   225   281   257   296   334   350   357   356
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   169   165   164   205   189   207   215   211   218   223
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   11   14   2   0   0   0   0   3   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   3   2   4   5   6   6   3   2   2   3
      Mathematics and statistics   18   18   12   11   8   0   20   20   18   18
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   33   51   48
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   31   20   17   31   29   44   55   48   37   35
      Psychology   18   15   14   15   17   30   33   29   23   25
      Social sciences   19   14   12   13   8   9   8   4   8   4
    Engineering   34   30   34   46   45   35   43   36   33   24
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   11   10   13   14   11   11   12   11   8   10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   8   9   8   14   12   7   7   7   9   7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   7   5   6   7   6   4   10   7   7   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   2   2   5   7   9   8   9   6   0   7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6   4   2   4   7   5   5   5   9   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   133   125   149   160   189   161   110   232   239   254
      Clinical medicine   125   121   145   156   185   157   105   186   196   201
      Other health   8   4   4   4   4   4   5   46   43   53

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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