Data

Cornell U.

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields   495   433   508   440   448   397   416   407   420   405
  Science and engineering   364   342   429   374   393   341   342   322   337   335
    Science   286   272   357   297   318   273   276   268   281   280
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   22   18   57   52   31   32   34   20   29   28
      Biological and biomedical sciences   180   173   202   163   207   172   176   158   177   177
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
      Computer and information sciences   3   3   1   5   8   7   7   9   8   6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   9   6   7   12   9   8   7   5   0   3
      Mathematics and statistics   1   1   6   4   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   1   5   4   4   4   2   4   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   2   3   5   2   1   1   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   59   59   60   51   46   43   42   50   48   45
      Psychology   2   2   1   2   4   3   3   2   1   3
      Social sciences   8   6   13   2   7   3   5   4   4   3
    Engineering   78   70   72   77   75   68   66   54   56   55
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   19   14   12   17   10   9   4   3   5   7
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   11   13   13   11   10   7   9   7   8   7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   13   8   5   6   6   3   9   7   3   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   6   10   10   8   4   10   11   10   10   11
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   1   0   1   1   1   0   1   1   1
      Mechanical engineering   11   9   3   2   11   10   9   4   4   2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   11   11   6   8   4   8   7   6
      Other engineering   18   15   18   21   27   20   20   14   18   21
  Health   131   91   79   66   55   56   74   85   83   70
    Clinical medicine   131   91   79   66   41   41   53   62   66   53
    Other health   0   0   0   0   14   15   21   23   17   17

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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