Data

Yale U.

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   929   903   827   863   736   732   714   672   777   771
    Science   836   813   744   764   646   646   629   593   716   705
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   19   17   14   0   0   0   0   23   28   23
      Biological and biomedical sciences   525   496   442   452   415   415   410   398   447   464
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   19   19   6   8   8   4   5   13   19   8
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   15   15   20   19   28   22
      Mathematics and statistics   3   5   3   2   4   5   5   3   4   5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   38   39   43   43   34   31   23   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   95   110   118   97   76   81   86   77   114   111
      Psychology   52   47   45   75   46   35   33   30   15   17
      Social sciences   82   79   73   87   48   60   47   30   29   21
    Engineering   93   90   83   99   90   86   85   79   61   66
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   21   22   20   33   29   30   26   23   21   19
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   21   24   21   18   13   13   17   21   21   18
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   19   9   9   9   10   10   10   9   8   9
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   15   18   15   20   18   12   12   9   11   20
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   17   17   18   19   20   21   20   17   0   0
    Health   529   524   489   448   477   489   472   425   392   386
      Clinical medicine   522   521   483   448   476   486   469   422   385   380
      Other health   7   3   6   0   1   3   3   3   7   6

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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