Data

Washington U., Saint Louis

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   530   474   433   323   387   375   345   331   335   330
    Science   455   413   384   278   343   331   310   293   293   288
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
      Biological and biomedical sciences   339   292   264   192   266   250   235   229   208   214
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   1   1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   6   6   9   10   7   6   6   7   10   7
      Mathematics and statistics   10   14   16   8   8   6   4   5   6   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   0   0   2   2   0   0   1   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   54   37   31   34   35   33   32   23   24   16
      Psychology   15   37   32   7   5   4   9   9   6   8
      Social sciences   27   26   32   25   20   29   23   19   27   27
    Engineering   75   61   49   45   44   44   35   38   42   42
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   24   22   18   19   14   14   11   12   24   27
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   26   21   15   14   9   10   8   9   6   4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   7   7   6   5   10   10   8   7   5   3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   17   11   10   7   11   10   8   10   7   7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
    Health   492   468   509   473   364   357   320   280   294   285
      Clinical medicine   483   462   501   471   359   351   310   274   292   283
      Other health   9   6   8   2   5   6   10   6   2   2

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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